Protective Effects of Lemon Juice on Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury in Mice
Table 1
Effects of lemon juice on the levels of several biochemical parameters.
Parameters
Control
Model
LL
LM
LH
AST (U/L)
103 ± 10.45
136.53 ± 19.94
117.88 ± 15.37
113.5 ± 7.7
98.85 ± 10.94#
ALT (U/L)
40.5 ± 3.89
54.32 ± 4.76
54.05 ± 7.18
41.32 ± 6.25#
34.68 ± 2.71#
Serum TG (nmol/L)
0.4 ± 0.06
1.01 ± 0.12
1.09 ± 0.04
1.03 ± 0.05
0.82 ± 0.08#
Liver TG (mmol/g prot)
0.07 ± 0.01
0.1 ± 0.02
0.09 ± 0.01
0.07 ± 0.01#
0.06 ± 0.01#
Lipid peroxidation (nmol MDA equivalent/mg prot)
0.64 ± 0.14
1.26 ± 0.22
0.88 ± 0.12#
0.84 ± 0.15#
0.72 ± 0.13#
SOD (U/mg prot)
89.6 ± 3.42
97.51 ± 3.96
85.27 ± 5.57#
83 ± 9.28#
81.03 ± 6.65#
CAT (U/mg prot)
6.55 ± 0.41
6.29 ± 0.39
5.55 ± 0.64#
5.47 ± 0.28#
5.17 ± 0.51#
Note. Control: normal group; Model: alcohol group; LL: alcohol and low dose of lemon juice group; LM: alcohol and medium dose of lemon juice group; LH: alcohol and high dose of lemon juice group. means the levels of the parameters in the model group were significantly () different from that of the control group. # means the levels of the parameters in the treatment group were significantly () different from that of the model group.
