Table 1.

Serum total protein, ALT and AST activities in control (C), lead acetate (LA), LA + 0.5 g Spirulina/kg, LA + 1 g Spirulina/kg and 25 mg Vitamin C/100 g bwt, treated groups.

	Control	Lead acetate	Lead acetate + 0.5 g Spirulina/kg bwt	Lead acetate + 1 g Spirulina/kg bwt	Lead acetate + 25 mg vitamin C/kg bwt
Total protein (g/dl)	7.47 ± 0.3	6 ± 0.17a	6.89 ± 0.13b	7 ± 0.16b	7.32 ± 0.31b
ALT (U/L)	26.7 ± 0.6	95.8 ± 3.3a	47.5 ± 2.1a,b,c,d	27.6 ± 0.6b	28.3 ± 0.46b
AST (U/L)	34.8 ± 0.6	81.5 ± 2.6a	65 ± 1.43a,b,c,d	35.4 ± 0.88b	36.9 ± 0.9b

Results are expressed as mean ± S.E.

P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.

^aSignificantly different from control group.

^bSignificantly different from lead acetate treated group.

^cSignificantly different from lead acetate (LA) + 1 g Spirulina/kg bwt, treated group.

^dSignificantly different from lead acetate (LA) + and 25 mg Vitamin C/100 g bwt, treated group.