Dietary Supplementation of Calendula officinalis Counteracts the Oxidative Stress and Liver Damage Resulted from Aflatoxin
Table 2
Effect of ethanol extract of Calendula on serum biochemical parameters in rats fed aflatoxins-contaminated diet.
Parameter
Groups
Control
AFs
CE1
CE2
CE1 + AFs
CE2 + AFs
AST (U/mL)
248.32 ± 3.14a
330.34 ± 4.22d
239.4 ± 8.96b
240.60 ± 6.42a
283.0 ± 4.2c
257.64 ± 3.24a
ALT (U/mL)
75.36 ± 1.37a
132.51 ± 4.05c
73.2 ± 2.02a
74.12 ± 2.69a
109.2 ± 1.77b
77.52 ± 1.33a
ALP (U/L)
106.75 ± 6.23a
234.51 ± 5.32b
93.67 ± 3.24a
104.36 ± 3.33a
156.71 ± 3.43c
111.37 ± 2.61d
TP (mg/dL)
9.99 ± 1.41a
4.35 ± 0.31b
9.23 ± 0.46a
10.44 ± 1.61a
8.95 ± 0.27c
9.27 ± 0.23c
Albumin (mg/dL)
3.44 ± 0.20a
1.88 ± 0.12b
3.11 ± 0.07a
3.37 ± 0.12a
3.07c ± 0.14
3.16 ± 0.22a
Urea (mg/dL)
1.51 ± 0.14a
3.44 ± 0.31b
1.72 ± 0.13a
1.61 ± 0.13a
2.34 ± 0.12a
1.84 ± 0.32a
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.77 ± 0.21a
3.33 ± 0.14b
0.75 ± 0.13a
0.76 ± 0.14a
2.03 ± 0.02c
0.87 ± 0.13d
AFP (ng/mL)
1.52 ± 0.78a
4.64 ± 0.22b
1.53 ± 0.17a
1.44 ± 0.16a
2.77 ± 0.31c
1.59 ± 0.23a
Within each row, means superscript with different letters are significantly different at ≤ 0.05. AFs: aflatoxins. CE1: low dose of calendula extract (500 mg/kg b.w). CE2: high dose of calendula extract (1000 mg/kg b.w).