Table 3 Effects of MEDL on serum liver biomarkers of CCl ₄ - treated rats

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

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	ALT (U/L)	AST (U/L)	ALP (U/L)
Vehicle	-	16.00 ± 2.867	93.18 ± 6.239	114.7 ± 7.055
Vehicle + CCl₄	-	4291 ± 665.3^a	3456 ± 633.2^a	460.0 ± 49.62^a
Silymarin + CCl₄	200	249.1 ± 30.68^b	288.1 ± 25.32^b	190.2 ± 19.67^b
MEDL + CCl₄	50	3283 ± 686.5	4291 ± 592.0	350.2 ± 36.80 ^b
MEDL + CCl₄	250	1886 ± 134.2^b	1853 ± 86.77^b	171.8 ± 13.04^b
	500	2298. ± 359.9^b	1850 ± 228.5^b	185.8 ± 10.23^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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