Strawberry are elevated source of dietary oxalate, consumption of large amounts of oxalate can cause oxalises and elevated urinary oxalate excretion. This study was designed to investigate the effect of strawberry as a source of oxalate on calcium absorption in rats. Thirty male albino rats were divided into five groups each of six rats.(1)control, (2) fed basal diet containing strawberry 10%, (3) fed basal diet containing strawberry 20%,(4) fed basal diet containing strawberry 30% and (5) fed yoghurt with strawberry. The Experiment period was (35 days). The results concluded that strawberry 10% and 20% with or without yogurt had no significant difference in serum total protein, AST and ALT comparing with control group. While strawberry 30% with or without yogurt had significant decrease in total protein. In addition , there were variable data in urea , uric acid and creatinine for groups fed on different levels of strawberry without yogurt(10%,20% and 30%) comparing with control group. While strawberry with yogurt had no significant difference in serum urea, uric acid and creatinine comparing with control group. Furthermore, there were significant decrease in serum calcium and phosphors for all groups fed on 10, 20 and 30% strawberry without yogurt than group fed on strawberry with yogurt comparing with control group.
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