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Table 1.

Effects of treatment with bark extract of Bathysa cuspidata extract (BCE) on biometric parameters of rats exposed to CCl₄

Groups	Initial body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Variation weight (g)	LSI (%)
G1	271.43 ± 20.56^a	210.05 ± 10.13^a	−61.38 ± 16.41^a	5.97 ± 0.42^a
G2	259.29 ± 10.97^a	211.14 ± 8.59^a	−48.15 ± 15.36^a	5.85 ± 0.51^a
G3	263.58 ± 20.35^a	247.43 ± 16.47^b	−16.15 ± 13.09^b	4.10 ± 0.49^b
G4	256.71 ± 13.67^a	215.00 ± 8.01^a	−41.71 ± 10.17^a	5.71 ± 0.43^a
G5	268.57 ± 14.06^a	212.14 ± 23.07^a	−56.42 ± 12.10^a	4.41 ± 0.53^b
G6	261.45 ± 13.49^a	250.33 ± 11.52^b	−11.12 ± 8.73^b	4.18 ± 0.50^b

LSI, liver somatic index. Liver injury was induced by intraperitoneal administration of CCl₄ (60% v/v, 1 ml/kg) every 48 h for 12 days. Group 1 (G1): CCl₄; Group 2 (G2): dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) + CCl₄; Group 3 (G3): BCE (400 mg/kg); Group 4 (G4): BCE 200 + CCl₄; Group 5 (G5): BCE 400 + CCl₄; Group 6 (G6): DMSO. (−) Negative sign indicates weight loss. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Different letters in the columns indicate statistical difference between groups (P < 0.05), and groups with the same letter do not differ statistically, one-way anova.