Table 5.

Effect of pterocarpan-high soy leaf extract supplementation on changes of plasma AST and ALT in subjects with metabolic syndrome.

	Placebo		PT		Time × Group, p Value †
	Before	After	Before	After
AST (U·L−1)	10.03 ± 1.33	10.86 ± 1.63	9.79 ± 1.05	8.79 ± 0.74	0.158
ALT (U·L−1)	11.24 ± 0.56	11.34 ± 0.69	10.49 ± 0.52	10.13 ± 0.46	0.401

Values are the mean ± S.E. Placebo, starch; PT, pterocarpan-high soy leaf extract (2 g/day); AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase. ^† general linear model for repeated measures ANOVA.