Table 3.

Effect of MEDL on body weight and liver weight in experimental rats

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Body weight (BW) (g)	Liver weight (LW) (g)	LW/BW (%)
Control	-	208.70 ± 5.55	5. 85 ± 0.29	2.80 ± 0.07
APAP treated rats		219.50 ± 4.72	9.72 ± 0.15a	4. 44 ± 0.43a
Silymarin + APAP	200	200.00 ± 4.67	6.94 ± 0.24ab	3.47 ± 0.11ab
MEDL + APAP	50	218.07 ± 3.19	7.83 ± 0.88ab	3.59 ± 0.80ab
	250	224.10 ± 3.41	6.16 ± 0.51b	2.75 ± 0.87b
	500	218.64 ± 2.83	6.65 ± 0.87b	3.04 ± 0.88b

Values are expressed as means ± S.E.M. of six replicates

^aSignificant different as compared to normal control, p < 0.05

^bSignificant different as compared to negative control, p < 0.05