Research Article

Effects of Fagonia indica on Letrozole-Induced Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in Young Adult Female Rats

Table 2

Effect of F. indica on bilirubin (total, direct, and indirect), ALT, AST, and alkaline phosphatase levels. ns: nonsignificant. aSignificantly different from group I; bSignificantly different from group II. The data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 5). Comparisons among groups were made by two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. ns ; ; ; .

ParametersGroup IGroup IIGroup IIIGroup IVGroup V

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)2.70 ± 0.072.73 ± 0.012.73 ± 0.012.73 ± 0.012.70 ± 0.07
Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)2.57 ± 0.012.87 ± 0.012.57 ± 0.012.87 ± 0.012.57 ± 0.01
Indirect bilirubin (mg/dl)0.70 ± 0.0020.69 ± 0.0020.69 ± 0.0020.70 ± 0.0020.69 ± 0.002
(ALT) (U/l)22.26 ± 0.0228.80 ± 0.01a25.78 ± 0.2ab18.47 ± 0.02ab27.69 ± 0.02ab
(AST) (U/l)179.62 ± 0.09189.62 ± 0.09a175.20 ± 0.88ab178.50 ± 0.01ab174.90 ± 0.01ab
Alkaline phosphatase (U/l)20.45 ± 0.0224.15 ± 0.11a23.88 ± 0.06ab (ns)18.60 ± 0.01ab23.81 ± 0.01ab (ns)