Purification of Crocin-I from Gardenia Yellow by Macroporous Resin Columns In-Series and Its Antidepressant-Like Effect

Table 4

Effects of crocin-I (20, 40, and 70 mg/kg, i.g.) and Gardenia yellow (30, 70, and 120 mg/kg, i.g.) on the weight, AST, and ALT of mice ().

Group		AST	ALT	△weight
Control		76.70 ± 22.58	27.30 ± 14.80	1.41 ± 0.65
Fluoxetine	(20 mg/kg)	78.90 ± 19.89	26.10 ± 4.31	0.70 ± 0.97
Crocin-I	(20 mg/kg)	76.10 ± 32.32	26.80 ± 6.03	1.35 ± 0.63
	(40 mg/kg)	72.00 ± 12.70	21.10 ± 6.45	2.20 ± 0.46
	(70 mg/kg)	82.22 ± 12.87	29.20 ± 12.69	1.51 ± 0.51
Gardenia yellow	(30 mg/kg)	84.64 ± 21.37	33.55 ± 31.98	1.41 ± 0.50
	(70 mg/kg)	70.09 ± 8.46	25.45 ± 5.79	1.81 ± 0.86
	(120 mg/kg)	76.73 ± 17.46	31.00 ± 15.31	1.81 ± 0.57

Note: data were expressed as mean ± SD. and ^∗∗ vs control.