Protective effects of some antioxidants against long-term intake of aspartame toxicity on liver and kidney: biochemical and histopathological approach in rats

Table 2 The impact of different treatments on the blood and hepatic parameters in female rats

Parameter	Control	Aspartame	Garlic	Asp. + Garlic	Asp. + Mela	Asp. + Thym	Asp. + Mela. + thym
Glucose (mg/dl)	122.5 ± 9.31	132.17 ± 4.79*	119.3 ± 5.75^#^†	135.8 ± 9.49*^#	148.17 ± 12.06*^#	134.8 ± 6.65*^#	133.7 ± 3.88*^#
Albumin (mg/dl)	2.77 ± 0.4	3.47 ± 0.24*	2.78 ± 0.39^#^†	3.08 ± 0.22^#^#	3.2 ± 0.21^#^†	2.58 ± 0.12^#^†	2.65 ± 0.21^#^†
Total proteins (g/dl)	5.1 ± 0.41	6.28 ± 0.09*	5.2 ± 0.58^#^†	5.17 ± 0.53^#^†	5.33 ± 0.71^#^†	4.95 ± 0.57^#^†	5.6 ± 0.23*^†
ALP (U/L)	107.8 ± 14.68	148.7 ± 17.8*	111.2 ± 12.6^#^†	121.3 ± 17.5^#^#	109.8 ± 12.3^#^†	108 ± 6.84^#^†	112.7 ± 7.3^#^†
AST (U/L)	98.8 ± 4.26	104.17 ± 4.4*	97.5 ± 6.09^#^†	102 ± 7.07^#^#	98.7 ± 4.55^#^#	100.3 ± 3.08^#^#	101.2 ± 7.4^#^#
ALT (U/L)	23.17 ± 2.3	28 ± 1.67*	23.17 ± 1.94^#^†	27 ± 6.93^#^#	23.67 ± 3.14^#^†	26.33 ± 2.06*^#	23.17 ± 2.32*^#