Table 1 Blood biochemical test on administration of silk protein hydrolysates

Item	Silk protein hydrolysates (g/kg)
	0	0.5	1	2
	T. Protein1) (g/dL)	60.±0.11^ns3)	6.1±0.10^ns	6.1±0.04^ns	6.0±0.06^ns
Albumin (g/dL)	3.8±0.09^ns	3.8±0.07^ns	3.9±0.04^ns	3.8±0.04^ns
ALP (U/L)	272.8±34.10^ns	278±15.99^ns	297.5±37.78^ns	270±41.85^ns
AST (U/L)	146.4±10.63^ns	158.0±9.47^ns	160.0±18.38^ns	171.8±16.34^ns
ALT (U/L)	45.2±4.7^ns	42.5±2.70^ns	47.5±3.91^ns	46.0±3.41^ns
LDH (U/L)	1990.0±120.61^ns	1814.3±224.08^ns	1765.3±102.68^ns	1888.5±237.01^ns
T. Chol2) (mg/dL)	51.6±5.64^ns	56.5±4.20^ns	48.75±4.40^ns	60.5±1.48^ns
Glucose (g/dL)	78.8±9.73^ns	65.25±7.19^ns	70±10.81^ns	93.5±7.45^ns

T. Protein, total protein.
T. Chol, total cholesterol.
ns, Means±SD (n=5) within each column followed are not significantly different (p<0.05).