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Table 2.

Changes in serum biochemical parameters of rabbits experimentally infected with F. hepatica before and after treatment using M. oleifera seed methanolic extract

Parameters periods (weeks)		Alanine aminotransferase (IU/l)	Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/l)	Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	Triglycerides (mg/dl)	Urea (mg/dl)	Creatinine (mg/dl)
After infection	0	28.47 ± 0.67 ^fg	28.37 ± 4.78^f	39.20 ± 0.76^f	38.21 ± 3.05^ef	48.15 ± 2.08 ^cd	0.95 ± 0.04^a
	1	38.32 ± 1.08 ^cd	40.84 ± 0.12^de	44.53 ± 3.46^de	37.86 ± 3.16^ef	45.92 ± 0.60 ^cd	1.01 ± 0.00^a
	2	42.03 ± 2.25^c	46.66 ± 1.75^bc	46.68 ± 0.26 ^cd	40.36 ± 0.79^de	37.77 ± 1.00^f	0.88 ± 0.00^b
	3	39.49 ± 1.81^c	48.32 ± 0.59^bc	49.60 ± 2.02^c	44.64 ± 0.11^d	40.63 ± 0.58^ef	0.55 ± 0.02^d
	4	53.99 ± 0.99^a	58.26 ± 0.47^a	40.13 ± 1.39^ef	55.00 ± 1.36^c	65.88 ± 1.76^a	0.99 ± 0.03^a
	5	52.18 ± 0.30^ab	44.65 ± 0.36 ^cd	43.52 ± 0.61^def	44.18 ± 0.22^d	43.75 ± 0.26^de	0.88 ± 0.01^b
	6	53.20 ± 0.47^a	50.12 ± 0.19^b	57.72 ± 0.13^b	57.75 ± 0.11^c	63.78 ± 0.20^a	0.85 ± 0.01^b
	7	38.61 ± 0.81 ^cd	39.07 ± 0.23^e	62.67 ± 1.43^a	64.64 ± 1.47^b	55.80 ± 2.32^b	0.37 ± 0.01^e
	8	42.88 ± 3.42^c	46.90 ± 0.35^bc	65.88 ± 1.78^a	65.27 ± 0.64^b	40.82 ± 0.32^ef	0.65 ± 0.03^c
	9	48.04 ± 0.45^b	51.16 ± 0.17^b	63.19 ± 0.74^a	75.07 ± 1.33^a	48.95 ± 2.79^c	0.88 ± 0.01^b
After treatment	1*	34.57 ± 0.41^de	37.13 ± 0.68^e	27.47 ± 1.69 ^g	35.27 ± 6.10^ef	40.79 ± 0.40^ef	1.00 ± 0.01^a
	2*	27.51 ± 0.64 ^g	20.62 ± 0.42 ^g	44.80 ± 0.85^cde	36.89 ± 0.49^ef	44.69 ± 0.77^cde	0.85 ± 0.02^b
	3*	32.25 ± 1.09^ef	27.74 ± 0.77^f	26.64 ± 0.62 ^g	33.93 ± 1.64^f	45.83 ± 0.90 ^cd	0.87 ± 0.01^b

Means in the same column with different superscript letters (a, b, c…) are significant at P < 0.05

The asterisk (*) refers to the weeks of treatment