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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Plasma hepatic function parameters

From: Rhamnus alaternus aqueous extract enhances the capacity of system redox defence and protects hepatocytes against aluminum chloride toxicity in rats

Parameters

Experimental groups

Control

Alcl3

RAAE

Alcl3/RAAE

TP (g/dl)

8.95 ± 0.56

7.08 ± 0.38*

9.02 ± 0.64#

8.27 ± 0.43

ALB (g/dl)

5.23 ± 0.28

3.44 ± 0.17*

5,32 ± 0.26#

4.57 ± 0.20

TB (mg/L)

01.05 ± 0.07

2.13 ± 0.15**

01.12 ± 0.10##

1.53 ± 0.14*

AST (U/L)

114.34 ± 7.03

146.53 ± 9.64**

111.09 ± 6.75**

123.43 ± 6.12#

ALT (U/L)

43.26 ± 2.64

56.23 ± 3.17*

41.09 ± 3.01#

50.32 ± 2.87

ALP (U/L)

108.39 ± 7.03

168.05 ± 11.92**

113.12 ± 5.36##

135.60 ± 8.35*#

γ-GT (U/L)

02.13 ± 0.12

2.94 ± 0.20*

02.10 ± 0.09##

02.45 ± 0.16

LDH (U/L)

538.12 ± 31.95

935.40 ± 56.32**

548.44 ± 35.19##

796 ± 45.76*

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6 rats/group)
  2. Alcl3: Aluminum Chloride; RAAE: R. alaternus aqueous extract; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin;TB: total bilirubin; AST: aspartate transaminase; ALT: alanine transaminase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; γ -GT: gamma-glutamyltransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase
  3. Significant difference compared to the control group (*p>0.05, **p>0.01)
  4. Significant difference compared to the AlCl3 treated group (#p>0.05, ##p>0.01)