. 2016 Nov 4;16:438. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1422-4

Table 5.

The effect of treating CCl₄ induced hepatotoxicity in male rats with olive oil and N. sativa oil for 4 weeks on body weight, BWG %, BWG% and FER

Biological evaluation	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
Biological evaluation	Statistics	N. Control	P. Control	Olive oil	Nigella sativa oil
BWG g /4 week	Mean ± SE	10.333 ± 1.282 ^a	2.500 ± 1.231 ^d	12.500 ± 1.765 ^a	11.000 ± 0.730 ^a
	LSD 0.05 = 3.678	10.333 ± 1.282 ^a	2.500 ± 1.231 ^d	12.500 ± 1.765 ^a	11.000 ± 0.730 ^a
	T.test	-	4.832^***	−5.175^***	−7.059^***
BWG %	Mean ± SE	5.788 ± 0.721 ^a	1.254 ± 0.612 ^b	6.565 ± 0.914 ^a	5.564 ± 0.349 ^a
	LSD 0.05 = 1.962	5.788 ± 0.721 ^a	1.254 ± 0.612 ^b	6.565 ± 0.914 ^a	5.564 ± 0.349 ^a
	T.test	-	5.285^***	−5.332^***	−7.323^***
FER g/day	Mean ± SE	0.020 ± 0.002 ^a	0.005 ± 0.002 ^b	0.026 ± 0.003 ^a	0.023 ± 0.001 ^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.012	0.020 ± 0.002 ^a	0.005 ± 0.002 ^b	0.026 ± 0.003 ^a	0.023 ± 0.001 ^a
	T.test	-	4.832^***	−5.367^***	−7.416^***
FER %	Mean ± SE	2.087 ± 0.259 ^a	0.518 ± 0.255 ^b	2.660 ± 0.375 ^a	2.341 ± 0.155 ^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.839	2.087 ± 0.259 ^a	0.518 ± 0.255 ^b	2.660 ± 0.375 ^a	2.341 ± 0.155 ^a
	T.test	-	4.734^***	−5.251^***	−7.274^***

Data are represented as mean ± SE. T-test values ***: significant at P < 0.001. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c or d) are significantly different at P < 0.05, whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at P> 0.05. LSD least significant difference