Research Article

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

Table 1

The various treatments to assess the hepatoprotective effects of P. giganteus during the two-month study.

No.GroupTreatment

1 Control (distilled water) Sterile dH2O (5 mL/kg, po) daily;
sterile dH2O (5 mL/kg, i.p) thrice weekly
2Control (P. giganteus)Panus giganteus (0.5 g/kg, po) daily;
sterile dH2O (5 mL/kg, i.p) thrice weekly
3TAA control (200 mg/kg)Sterile dH2O (5 mL/kg, po) daily;
TAA (200 mg/kg, i.p) thrice weekly
4Silymarin (50 mg/kg) + TAASilymarin (50 mg/kg, po) daily;
TAA (200 mg/kg, i.p) thrice weekly
5Panus giganteus (0.5 g/kg) + TAAPanus giganteus (0.5 g/kg, po) daily;
TAA (200 mg/kg, i.p) thrice weekly
6Panus giganteus (1 g/kg) + TAAPanus giganteus (1 g/kg, po) daily;
TAA (200 mg/kg, i.p) thrice weekly

po: oral feeding; i.p: intraperitoneal injection.