. 2013 Jun 4;2013:929074. doi: 10.1155/2013/929074

Table 5.

Effect of aqueous extract of Artemisia afra on some liver function parameters of diabetic rats (n = 6 ± SE).

	Control	Diabetic	Diabetic + Artemisia afra (mg/kg body weight)
	Control	Diabetic	50	100	200
Liver-to-body weight ratio (%)	2.41 ± 0.19^a	3.96 ± 0.24^b	2.41 ± 0.20^a	2.50 ± 0.46^a	2.60 ± 0.18^a
Total bilirubin (µmol/L)	0.50 ± 0.07^a	1.89 ± 0.11^b	0.58 ± 0.03^a	0.63 ± 0.08^a	0.63 ± 0.07^a
Albumin (g/L)	24.94 ± 1.22^a	19.16 ± 0.98^b	24.52 ± 1.22^a	24.20 ± 1.00^a	23.90 ± 1.27^a
Globulin (g/L)	53.66 ± 3.40^a	44.25 ± 0.99^b	52.40 ± 1.80^a	49.72 ± 1.08^a	49.18 ± 1.07^a
Serum alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	12.34 ± 1.70^a	30.16 ± 2.01^b	13.71 ± 1.20^a	14.53 ± 1.25^a	15.08 ± 1.80^a
Serum γ-glutamyl transferase (U/L)	3.32 ± 0.02^a	8.11 ± 0.08^b	3.47 ± 0.06^a	3.48 ± 0.06^a	3.48 ± 0.08^a
Serum alanine transaminase (U/L)	16.71 ± 1.98^a	37.54 ± 1.23^b	19.21 ± 2.47^a	20.19 ± 1.90^a	20.44 ± 1.93^a
Serum aspartate transaminase (U/L)	11.29 ± 1.53^a	22.30 ± 1.23^b	11.75 ± 1.30^a	12.62 ± 1.00^a	13.49 ± 1.02^a

Values carrying different superscripts from the control for each parameter are significantly different (P < 0.05).