Protective Role of Black Tea Extract against Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Induced Skeletal Dysfunction

Table 2

Serum alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity and serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity in control (Group A), HFD (Group B) and HFD + BTE (Group C) supplemented groups of rats.

Serum enzyme activity	Control	High-fat	High-fat + BTE	Significance level^##	Significance level*
	(Group A)	(Group B)	(Group C)		Gr. A versus Gr. B	Gr. B versus Gr. C
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	9.41±0.22	16.48±3.2	9.97±0.24	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
TRAP (U/L)	2.1±0.32	4.29±0.26	2.04±0.28	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (𝑛=6). ^##Denotes significance level based on Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA test and * denotes significance level based on Mann-Whitney “U” multiple comparison test.