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Table 3 Comparison between the liver function tests in mice treated with extracts and control group (untreated)

From: Evaluation of in vivo Antiplasmodial Activities of extracts of Morinda morindiodes (Bak.) in the treatment of malaria in Ogun State

 

Leaf extracts

Stem extracts

Root extracts

Contrl

Test

WL

F.M.L

WS

F.M.S

WR

F.M.R

INT.

Treated Once Daily

       

Total protein(g/l)

53a

58.8b

61.7c

62.4cd

63.5cd

52.8a

65.1d

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

88.7b

102.3d

106.9e

95.2c

87.2b

63.6a

106.9e

SGOT (iu/l)

66c

67c

85d

91e

67c

30a

44b

SGPT (iu/l)

17ab

20b

18b

13a

28c

25c

27c

Urea (mg/dl)

24.5a

28.35c

25.7ab

26.5bc

26.5bc

28.35c

28c

Alkaline phosphatase (iu/l)

95e

80d

78c

47ab

40a

62b

 

Treated twice Daily

       

Total protein(g/l)

60.8c

50.4b

76.7e

46a

75.5e

65.9d

65.1d

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

98.2f

75.4b

83.6c

92.7e

60.9a

87.1d

106.9g

SGOT (iu/l)

43c

92d

36b

93d

35b

19a

44c

SGPT (iu/l)

23c

22.5c

15ab

23c

12a

17b

27d

Urea (mg/dl)

22.5a

25.05b

27.3c

25.1b

24.2ab

24.2ab

28C

Alkaline phospatase (iu/l)

29a

58d

63d

37b

34ab

60cd

62d

  1. WL, water extract of leaf; F.M. L, aqueous fermented maize starch extract of leaf.