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Table 4 Effect of different test doses of product on bilirubin, ALT and AST in male and female rats

From: Acute and sub-acute toxicity study of a Pakistani polyherbal formulation

Parameters

Males

Females

 

Control

50 mg/kg/day

100

mg/kg/day

200

mg/kg/day

Control

50

mg/kg/day

100

mg/kg/day

200

mg/kg/day

Bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.575 ± 0.051

0.592** ± 0.011

0.602** ± 0.010

0.696** ± 0.013

1.0 ± 0.063

0.64** ± 0.045

0.76 ± 0.045

1.56** ± 0.060

ALT (μ/ml)

38.42 ± 0.229

8.4** ± 0.172

8.86** ± 0.141

6.942** ± 0.102

38.47 ± 0.309

9.54** ± 0.454

9.41** ± 0.383

9.28** ± 0.311

AST (μ/ml)

39.9 ± 0.251

10.0** ± 0.254

8.68** ± 0.154

8.62** ± 0.261

37.92 ± 0.419

10.98** ± 0.503

9.54** ± 0.310

8.98** ± 0.661

  1. The data are expressed as mean and standard error of the mean (n = 5). For statistical analysis one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey’s test was applied. * represents significance of p < 0.05, ** represents significance of p < 0.01