Table 2.
Characteristic features of the experimental groups.
| Control | Betaine | CCl4 | CCl4-betaine | |
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| Body weights (g) | 60.766 ± 1.030a | 58.515 ± 0.626a | 61.890 ± 0.758a | 54.146 ± 0.838b |
| Relative liver weight (%) | 2.804 ± 0.090b | 3.177 ± 0.052b | 2.670 ± 0.033b | 3.4122 ± 0.097a |
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| Plasma parameters: | ||||
| AST (IU/L) | 81.364 ± 8.635 | 63.372 ± 6.023 | 84.310 ± 11.500 | 78.266 ± 4.017 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 3.492 ± 0.943 | 3.543 ± 0.534 | 2.968 ± 0.810 | 2.729 ± 0.398 |
Values were presented as the mean ± SEM. Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA (n = 6). Means with the same letter were not significantly different (P ≥ 0.05).