Effect of methanol extract of Dicranopteris linearis against carbon tetrachloride- induced acute liver injury in rats

Table 1 Effect of MEDL on percentage change of body and liver weight in CCl ₄ - treated rats

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Body weight, BW (g)	Liver weight, LW (g)	LW/BW (%)
Vehicle	-	208.7 ± 5.546	5. 852 ± 0.2873	2.797 ± 0.0726
Vehicle + CCl₄	-	208.9 ± 6.539	10.34 ± 0.2623^a	4. 969 ± 0.1627^a
Silymarin + CCl₄	200	222.1 ± 4.42	7.830 ± 0.5425^b	3.523 ± 0.2324^b
MEDL + CCl₄	50	204.6 ± 1.893	8.672 ± 0.2498^b	4.237 ± 0.1902^b
MEDL + CCl₄	250	220.4 ± 5.541	9.335 ± 0.2631^b	4.240 ± 0.1020^b
	500	209.3 ± 3.336	8.759 ± 0.4539^b	4.181 ± 0.1924^b

Values are expressed as means ± S.E.M. of six replicates.
^aSignificant different as compared to the normal control group in the respective column, p < 0.05.
^bSignificant different as compared to negative control group in the respective column, p < 0.05.

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