Research Article

Beneficial Effects of Montelukast Against Methotrexate-Induced Liver Toxicity: A Biochemical and Histological Study

Table 1

The levels of biochemical parameters of all groups.

ParametersControlMLMtxMtx + MLML + Mtx

MDA (nmol/g tissue) 9 3 7 . 5 ± 7 1 . 0 3 8 7 2 . 3 ± 1 2 0 . 3 1 6 6 9 . 9 ± 1 2 9 . 7 a 4 4 3 . 1 ± 3 2 . 7 b,c 1 5 0 0 ± 8 0 . 9
GSH (nmol/g tissue) 1 9 3 7 ± 1 9 3 . 7 2 1 1 6 . 3 ± 1 8 9 . 1 2 1 8 5 . 9 ± 3 2 1 . 6 1 8 4 7 . 0 ± 1 1 1 . 1 1 6 2 1 ± 2 1 9 . 6
MPO (U/g protein) 5 8 . 3 ± 7 . 9 7 0 . 0 7 ± 1 1 . 7 2 0 1 . 9 ± 1 5 . 5 a 8 0 . 7 ± 1 0 . 7 b 1 5 4 . 9 ± 2 9 . 8

a 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , when compared to the control and ML groups.
b 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , when compared to the Mtx group.
c 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , when compared to the other groups.