Control soil Natural attenuated soil Bioaugmented soil Weanling male 24.42 ± 0.80a 59.58 ± 0.65c 62.40 ± 0.42b Weanling female 22.22 ± 0.61a 57.20 ± 0.52bc 57.01 ± 1.13bc Adult male 24.12 ± 0.21a 53.37 ± 1.65bc 53.07 ± 0.77bc Adult female 33.54 ± 0.64a 60.89 ± 0.80c 53.83 ± 1.19b

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