Pretreatment Hepatoprotective Effect of the Marine Fungus Derived from Sponge on Hepatic Toxicity Induced by Heavy Metals in Rats

Table 3

Effect of Trichurus spiralis extract on the serum levels of total protein, albumin, and total bilirubin of induced toxicity groups of rats.

Mean ± SD; Groups	I; (−ve control group)	II; (Induced group)	III; (+ve control group)	IV; (Protected group)
Total protein (g/dL)	4.60 ± 1.67	6.39 ± 1.06	5.65 ± 1.08	5.53 ± 0.56
𝑃1		0.008 *	0.101	0.146
Albumin (g/dL)	3.46 ± 0.30	2.97 ± 0.40	5.92 ± 1.87	3.89 ± 0.50
𝑃1		0.369	<0.001*	0.436
Total biluribin (g/dL)	0.04 ± 0.04	0.95 ± 0.50	0.04 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.05
𝑃1		<0.001*	0.992	0.571

Number of rats for each group = 7, 𝑃₁: 𝑃 value of LSD test between control group and other groups.