Table 3.

Effect of the methanol fraction (MeF) from Schinus terebinthifolius on blood parameters of liver function in naive rats.

Parameters	Experimental groups
	Saline	MeF
AST (UI/L)	32.49 ± 1.65	27.16 ± 3.10
ALT (UI/L)	51.57 ± 1.41	47.00 ± 1.93
GGT (UI/L)	28.50 ± 3.21	24.45 ± 4.58
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.07 ± 0.30	2.09 ± 0.24
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.04 ± 0.16	1.57 ± 0.31
Indirect bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.89 ± 0.19	0.52 ± 0.10

Data represent mean ± SE. n = 6 rats/group. AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, and GGT: gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase.