Subject area	Biochemistry
More specific subject area	Pharmacology, Medicinal and Food Plants
Type of data	Table, Text File, Graph, Figure
How data was acquired	All data were acquired using a spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, GEN10S, Madison, USA) and weighing balance (Ohaus Corp., PA4202C, New Jersey, USA)
Data format	Raw, analyzed and expressed as mean±S.D. from five animals.
Experimental factors	Ethanolic extract of T. daniellii leaves was prepared and concentrated using a rotary evaporator
Experimental features	Lipid profile, antioxidant and liver function parameters in plasma, liver and kidney were examined
Data source location	Department of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Data accessibility	Data is supplied in this article
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