ACALYPHA WILKESIANA regulates fluid volume but affects selected tissues in salt loaded rabbits

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 The effects of oral administration of extracts (aqueous or ethanol) of A. wilkesiana leaves on Serum ALT and AST activities of salt-loaded rabbits

		GROUP
SERUM	DAY	1 (Cont. Salt)	2 (Salt+ Aq. Ext)	3 (Salt +Et. Ext)	4 (Salt+DW)	5 (Control)
ALT (U/L)	71	55.35 ± 3.27^ax	42.17 ± 3.69^ax	39.77 ± 9.22^ax	42.73 ± 6.40^ax	27.43 ± 1.04^bx
ALT (U/L)	78	61.12 ± 4.28^cx	36.15 ± 3.34^dx	45.20 ± 1.34^dx	49.30 ± 6.55^dx	29.77 ± 5.46^ex
AST (U/L)	71	72.80 ± 9.80^ax	59.80 ± 3.38^ax	69.33 ± 6.27^ax	44.20 ± 3.32^ax	32.77 ± 6.82^bx
AST (U/L)	78	68.30 ± 10.50^cx	34.27 ± 1.21^dy	33.51 ± 4.24^dy	36.30 ± 1.20^dx	36.05 ± 2.38^dx

Data are presented as Means ± S.E.M (n = 6). Means with different symbol ^{x, y} along columns and Means with different symbol ^{a, b, c, d, e} along rows are significantly different (p < 0.05)