ABSTRACT
The Present work was conducted to study the effect of parsley on both health rats and those suffering from acute renal failure [ARF] on the nutritional value, the relative ratio of organs to body weight, blood lipid parameters, kidney and liver functions. Thirty male albino rats [Sprague - Dawaley strain] weighting [200 +/- 5 g] divided into three main groups. The first main group [5 rats] fed on basal diet [control negative group]. The second main group [10 rats] divided to two subgroups and fed on basal diets containing 2% and 5% dried parsley. The third main group [15 rats] injected subcutaneous with glycerol [50%, W/v in saline solution] 10 ml/ kg body weight to induce acute renal failure [ARF] and divided into three subgroups, the first fed on basal diet as a [control positive], while second and third subgroups fed on basal diet containing 2% and 5% dried parsley, respectively. The result revealed that, feeding rats, which suffering from ARF on basal diet containing dried parsley [2% and 5%] resulted in improvement on the nutritional value as well as healthy groups, organs weight/body weight relative ratio, serum cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-c], high density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-c], very low density lipoprotein cholesterol [VLDL-c], uric acid, urea nitrogen, aspartate amino transferase [AST] and alanine amino transferase [ALT] than the control positive group. It was concluded that parsley at high concentration 5% realized the best effect on lipid profile, kidney and liver functions