Fig. 2.

Effect of Ca-deficient diet on ALT and AST activities in CCl₄-induced toxicity. Mice were fed a normal diet or a Ca-deficient diet from 4 weeks of age for a period of 4 weeks. At 8 weeks of age, mice were injected intraperitoneally with 2 g/kg CCl₄. At 6 h (A and B) and 24 h (C and D) post CCl₄ injection, plasma ALT (A and C) and AST (B and D) activities were determined. Data indicate mean ± S.D. for 6–9 mice. ^**P < 0.01 versus control, ^#P < 0.05 and ^##P < 0.01 versus normal diet + CCl₄ group.