Hepatoprotective Effects of Panus giganteus (Berk.) Corner against Thioacetamide- (TAA-) Induced Liver Injury in Rats

Table 2

Effects of different treatments on body and liver weights of experimental rats.

Group	Body weight, BW (g)	Liver weight, LW (g)	LW/BW (%)
Control (distilled water)	384.50 ± 36.57^b	9.69 ± 0.99^ab	2.51 ± 0.04^a
Control (P. giganteus)	370.33 ± 41.87^ab	9.92 ± 1.10^ab	2.70 ± 0.08^a
TAA control (200 mg/kg)	296.17 ± 18.47^ab	12.85 ± 0.87^b	4.36 ± 0.20^c
Silymarin (50 mg/kg) + TAA	265.00 ± 15.53^a	8.55 ± 0.75^a	3.21 ± 0.13^b
Panus giganteus (0.5 g/kg) + TAA	283.33 ± 17.06^ab	10.28 ± 0.54^ab	3.64 ± 0.09^b
Panus giganteus (1 g/kg) + TAA	306.33 ± 18.79^ab	10.55 ± 0.63^ab	3.45 ± 0.09^b

Two-month treatment; food and water ad libitum. All values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M.; 𝑛=6. Means with different letters (a–c) were significantly different at the level 𝑃<0.05.