Efficiency of Barley Bran and Oat Bran in Ameliorating Blood Lipid Profile and the Adverse Histological Changes in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats

Table 2

Effect of oat bran and barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on liver enzymes in rats with induced hypercholesterolemia.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
ALT; (U/L)	Mean ± SE	32.84±2.16	38.46±2.51	28.56±3.15	37.34±5.18
	t-test		−2.34*	3.62*	−2.66*
AST; (U/L)	Mean ± SE	206.20±19.1	263.02±26.60	174.80±6.74	206.80±16.79
	t-test		1.19 NS	−0.44 NS	−1.26 NS
ALP; (U/L)	Mean ± SE	182.60±25.23	294.20±37.66	189.20±35.13	184.20±20.60
	t-test		4.88***	−0.07 NS	1.09 NS

Significant differences with controls calculated by paired sample t-test. *means significant at 𝑃<0.05, **means highly significant at 𝑃<0.01, ***means very high significant at 𝑃<0.001, and NS means nonsignificant.