Table 3 Effect of potassium bromate and/or strawberry leaves extract on serum free thyroxin (FT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3) and insulin levels of different rat groups
From: Influence of ethanolic extract of strawberry leaves for abrogating bromate hazards in male rats
Parameters | Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 150 mg extr. | 300 mg extr. | KBrO3 | 150 mg extr. + KBrO3 | 300 mg extr. + KBrO3 | |
FT4 (ng/dl) % of change | 3.27 ± 0.45a | 3.91 ± 0.33a | 3.39 ± 0.48a | 2.14 ± 0.19b | 3.05 ± 0.31a + 42.52% | 3.13 ± 0.39a + 46.26% |
FT3 (pg/ml) % of change | 4.33 ± 0.26b | 4.64 ± 0.28b | 4.29 ± 0.25b | 5.91 ± 0.26a | 4.38 ± 0.26b − 25.89% | 4.60 ± 0.51b − 22.17% |
Insulin (ng/L) % of change | 17.70 ± 0.65a | 18.62 ± 1.23a | 19.49 ± 0.79a | 9.53 ± 0.27b | 12.97 ± 0.64cb + 36.09% | 13.71 ± 1.04b + 43.86% |