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Table 1 Quantitation of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and albumin in the serum from different groups of rats (mean ± SE)

Groups	n	ALT (U/L)	AST (U/L)	ALB (g/ L)
A	12	20.80 ± 5.49	29.40 ± 4.45	40.2 ± 1.789
B	11	102.00 ± 24.54b	122.00 ± 31.43b	37.33 ± 2.42
C	9	166.50 ± 19.47b	211.83 ± 29.16b	28.50 ± 2.59b
D	9	265.67 ± 43.61bd	323.83 ± 40.22bd	26.17 ± 2.93b
E	10	114.40 ± 22.99bd	152.20 ± 25.65bd	32.80 ± 2.68bd

^bP < 0.01 vs the levels in group A;

^dP < 0.01 vs the levels in group C. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin.