Control soil Natural attenuated soil Bioaugmented soil Weanling male 27.92 ± 0.57abc 28.78 ± l.l5abc 26.82 ± 0.40abc Weanling female 28.07 ± 0.66ab 29.94 ± 0.67abc 30.92 ± 1.36bc Adult male 33.89 ± 0.20ac 36.86 ± 0.77b 35.23 ± 0.63ac Adult female 32.89 ± 0.35a 36.10 ± 0.90bc 35.72 ± 1.51bc

Values are Means ± standard deviations of triplicate determinations. Values in each row with different superscript letters differ significantly at 5% level (P < 0.05).

Table 7: Serum amylase concentration (I.U.l-1) of rats fed with Amarantus hybridus grown on crude oil post-remediated soil.