Table 3.

Effect of crocin tablets on some important enzymes in healthy adult volunteers. Crocin tablets (20 mg/day) were administrated for one month. Values presented as the mean±SEM; n=20-22 in each group. Two Independent Sample T test. Δ= Post treatment– Pre treatment

	Placebo group	Crocin group	P-value
Δ ALP: alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	5.95 ± 9.45	-12.5±8.79	0.162
Δ LDH:lactic dehydrogenase (U/L)	-11.76 ± 17.85	-50.35±35.96	0.335
Δ CPK: Creatine Phosphokinase (UI/I)	-32.23 ± 43.92	-15.2±8.3	0.206
Δ Amylase (UI/I)	0.606 ± 2.6	-8.5±2.4	0.015
Δ Lipase (IU/l)	26.6 ±21.4	56.35±85.8	0.753