Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparison of the effect of ML on microscopic damage caused by Mtx in liver.

ParametersControlMLMtxMtx + MLML + Mtx

Microscopic
damage
0.3 ± 0.50.8 ± 0.94.7 ± 0.9a3.3 ± 0.5b,c3.2 ± 0.7b

aSignificantly increased when compared with control group, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 0 1 .
bSignificantly decreased when compared with Mtx group, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 0 5 and 𝑃 = 0 . 0 1 .
cNo significance when compared with ML + Mtx, 𝑃 = 0 . 8 .