Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Indices

Baseline

Control

Oxytocin

Extract

Control

Oxytocin

Extract

Chloride (mmol/l)

107.00 ± 7.58a

105.89 ± 8.75a

112.01 ± 8.92a

114.60 ± 9.07a

109.90 ± 11.19a

111.21 ± 13.07a

117.00 ± 9.72a

Bicarbonate (mmol/l)

19.65 ± 1.67a

20.02 ± 2.51a

17.54 ± 1.62a

18.94 ± 1.93a

19.50 ± 1.69a

19.60 ± 2.32a

18.78 ± 1.64a

Extracellular Na+ (mmol/l)

125.80 ± 4.82a

126.78 ± 13.56a

121.20 ± 5.26a

135.60 ± 6.15a

126.00 ± 5.43a

125.40 ± 7.13a

138.60 ± 4.10a

Intracellular Na+ (mmol/l)

5.91 ± 1.20a

5.62 ± 0.82a

4.81 ± 0.89a

5.28 ± 0.91a

6.06 ± 1.36a

4.86 ± 0.41a

5.56 ± 0.74a

Extracellular K+ (mmol/l)

6.47 ± 0.64a

6.74 ± 0.69a

6.10 ± 1.02ab

5.26 ± 0.40b

6.86 ± 0.69a

5.96 ± 0.67a

5.48 ± 0.37a

Intracellular K+ (mmol/l)

26.30 ± 4.72abc

26.20 ± 5.29abc

18.83 ± 2.65ac

27.85 ± 5.70b

27.04 ± 2.94ab

18.30 ± 1.16c

26.65 ± 4.14abc

Extracellular Ca2+ (mmol/l)

3.41 ± 0.91ac

3.31 ± 0.75ac

1.26 ± 0.28b

1.03 ± 0.18b

3.70 ± 0.61a

2.03 ± 0.96bc

1.85 ± 0.54b

Intracellular Ca2+ (mmol/l)

0.95 ± 0.10a

0.86 ±0.12a

4.54 ± 1.05b

4.63 ± 1.31b

0.95 ± 0.07a

4.27 ± 0.69b

3.86 ± 1.04b

Extracellular Mg2+ (mmol/l)

0.90 ± 0.25a

0.80 ± 0.14a

1.70 ± 0.36b

1.60 ± 0.33ab

0.85 ± 0.13a

0.96 ± 0.24a

1.56 ± 0.74ab

Intracellular Mg2+ (mmol/l)

5.10 ± 0.54a

5.19 ± 0.86a

3.90 ± 0.46bc

3.30 ± 0.09b

5.05 ± 0.40a

4.51 ± 0.72c

3.19 ± 0.22b

Values are mean ± standard deviation (number of animals per group = 5); values with different superscript(s) in a row are significantly different (p<0.05).
Table 2: Effect of ethanol extract of S. mombin leaves on serum and red blood cell electrolyte indices