Treatment |
Enzyme Activities |
ALT (U/L) |
AST (U/L) |
GGT (U/L) |
LDH (U/L) |
CK (U/L) |
AMY (U/L) |
ALP (U/L) |
Control Oral |
132.6 ±20.6 |
692.3 ±51.4 |
1.8 ±0.2 |
1972.9 ±158.7 |
953.4 ±74.7 |
2940.2 ±174.7 |
103.2 ±9.1 |
ZanhaafricanaOral |
66.2 ±7.5* |
356.1 ±42.2* |
3.6 ±0.9* |
2182.2 ±100.4* |
1155.6 ±96.9* |
2798.0 ±311.8 |
104.7 ±9.4 |
Control IP |
80.3 ±7.0 |
523.2 ±94.7 |
2.0 ±1.0 |
2137.2 ±159.4 |
351.0 ±59.1 |
1676.4 ±230.2 |
46.6 ±10.4 |
ZanhaafricanaIP |
98.8 ±21.5 |
383.2 ±48.4* |
4.0 ±1.2* |
2087.2 ±265.8 |
336.0 ±92.4 |
1650.0 ±209.3 |
52.6 ±20.0 |
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Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) for five animals in each treatment; *p<0.05 is considered significant when the mean of the control animals issignificantly different from that of the extract treated animals by t-test. |
Table 6: The effects of oral and intraperitoneal administration of 1 g/kg body weight of aqueous leaf extracts of Zanha africana on organ functions in mice. |