Table 5.

Effect of crocin tablets on liver function 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 SGOT: Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (U/l)	-1.68 ± 1.28	5.94 ± 2.29	0.101
Δ SGPT: Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (U/l)	-1.5 ± 0.61	-7.89 ±4.07	0.103
Δ Total Billirubin (mg/dl)	0.13 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.06	0.956
Δ Direct Billirubn (mg/dl)	0.0043 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.055	0.327
Δ Albumin (g/dl)	-0.1105 ± 0.08	-0.123 ± 0.088	0.914