Table 6.
Effect of treatment with roots and flowers extracts of Spinach on liver function enzymes of hypercholesterolemic rats
| Parameter |
Group
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| AST | 37.02±2.27b --- |
54.41±4.31a (+46.97) |
37.84±5.69b [-30.45] |
38.33±3.23b [-29.55] |
39.52±1.94b [-27.36] |
| ALT | 42.06±4.75c --- |
66.06±3.11a (+57.06) |
43.17±3.11c [-34.65] |
48.19±3.19b [-27.05] |
48.22±2.67b [-27.00] |
| ALP | 46.20±1.92d --- |
78.00±1.22a (+68.83) |
56.80±1.30c [-27.17] |
62.40±2.30b [-20.00] |
63.20±1.92b [-18.97] |
●Data are means ± SD of eight rats in each group, Data are expressed as Unit/L.
●Unshared superscript letters between groups are the significance values at p< 0.0001.
●Values between brackets are percentage change over control group.
●Values between parentheses are percentage change over cholesterolemic group.
●Statistical analysis is carried out by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) – Costat software computer program accompanied with LSD between groups at p<0.05.
●1: control group; 2: cholesterol untreated group; 3: group treated with root extract; 4: group treated with flower extract; 5: fenofibrate- treated group.