Table 6 Plasma protein concentration and indices of liver function test in healthy rats administered with ethanolic extract, aqueous and n-hexane partitioned extracts of X. aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich

31.89 ± 2.10^a

14.18 ± 0.98^a

17.71 ± 2.76^a

2.08 ± 0.13^a

0.80 ± 0.07^a

2.23 ± 0.24^a

62.70 ± 0.96^a

38.9 ± 0.55^a

9.96 ± 0.46^a

40.54 ± 3.01^b

25.38 ± 2.77^b

15.16 ± 1.57^a

1.55 ± 0.16^b

0.57 ± 0.05^bc

1.75 ± 0.18^ab

99.98 ± 16.41^b

145.65 ± 5.65^b

12.36 ± 1.65^a

46.41 ± 1.99^c

30.17 ± 1.58^c

16.24 ± 2.16^a

1.32 ± 0.07^b

0.44 ± 0.05^b

1.90 ± 0.09^ab

95.22 ± 17.37^bc

63.5 ± 8.08^c

12.07 ± 2.87^a

34.89 ± 1.74^a

17.53 ± 0.82^bd

18.36 ± 2.19^a

1.58 ± 0.15^a

0.66 ± 0.07^c

1.37 ± 0.41^b

123.53 ± 2.35^d

109.62 ± 1.37^f

12.10 ± 2.021^a

49.68 ± 5.34^c

15.26 ± 2.25^ad

34.42 ± 4.27^b

1.37 ± 0.19^a

0.49 ± 0.04^bc

1.28 ± 0.34^b

63.59 ± 1.98^a

38.99 ± 1.43^a

15.93 ± 3.93^ab

58.36 ± 2.78^d

20.94 ± 3.10^b

37.42 ± 3.86^b

1.10 ± 0.08^c

0.41 ± 0.05^b

1.28 ± 0.23^b

77.12 ± 4.03^ab

50.61 ± 1.32^d

11.60 ± 2.81^a

36.98 ± 2.49^b

17.48 ± 2.50^bd

19.50 ± 1.84^a

1.70 ± 0.10^ab

0.58 ± 0.03^bc

1.09 ± 0.37^b

119.84 ± 4.19^c

74.57 ± 1.70^e

17.05 ± 2.09^b