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

Table 2

Effect of Trichurus Spiralis extract on the activities of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST).

Group	ALT (U/mL); Mean ± SD	𝑃1	AST (U/mL); Mean ± SD	𝑃1
I (−ve control group)	80.91 ± 8.35		85.32 ± 8.16
II (induced group)	119.28 ± 26.58	<0.001*	117.79 ± 26.56	0.003*
III (+ve control group)	75.18 ± 8.04	0.471	78.05 ± 13.54	0.470
IV (protected group)	65.45 ± 3.85	0.060	63.37 ± 20.54	0.037*

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