Table 5 Biochemical tests in serum samples of different rats groups.

From: In vivo bio-distribution and acute toxicity evaluation of greenly synthesized ultra-small gold nanoparticles with different biological activities

Dose/test

Group 1 (control group)

Group 2 (received 10 mg/kg)

Group 3 (received 100 mg/kg)

Urea (mg/dl)

6.63 ± 1.47

17.30 ± 0.956

18.40 ± 0.17

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.70 ± 0.63

1.6 ± 0.47

1.8 ± 0.94

Glucose (mg/dl)

80.10 ± 0.11

66.9 ± 0.09

101.1 ± 0.04

Cholesterol (md/dl)

19.6 ± 0.02a

50.70 ± 0.03a

130.0 ± 0.06a

Total protein (mg/dl)

3.5 ± 0.41

4.2 ± 0.08

4.9 ± 0.23

Albumin (g/dl)

3.90 ± 0.90

2.0 ± 1.73

2.9 ± 1.46

Uric acid (g/dl)

0.6 ± 0.37b

1.4 ± 0.51b

1.8 ± 0.48b

Total Serum Bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.20 ± 0.01

0.5 ± 0.01

0.7 ± 0.03

Alk Phos (U/L)

54.00 ± 1.49C

67.2 ± 1.73C

90.9 ± 1.97C

GGT (U/L)

12.3 ± 2.80d

23.5 ± 1.32d

70.00 ± 0.77d

ALT (U/L)

11.00 ± 0.21e

15.1 ± 0.13e

69.2 ± 0.61e

AST (U/L)

27.00 ± 0.92f

168.1 ± 0.45f

705.2 ± 0.28f

  1. All values are expressed as mean ± SD. Different letters of the same column are significantly different at p < 0.05.