Applied Microscopy

Table 2 Effects of test materials on serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities in rats

From: Protective effects of Erythronium japonicum and Corylopsis coreana Uyeki extracts against 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Parameters	Group
Parameters	Control	1,3-DCP	2% Erythronium japonicum	5% Erythronium japonicum	2% Corylopsis coreana Uyeki	5% Corylopsis coreana Uyeki
AST	165.6 ± 27.87	16,326.7 ± 2815.80^,*	1816.0 ± 2793.30^††	2524.0 ± 2308.00^††	828.0 ± 520.88^††	360.0 ± 247.79^††
ALT	65.3 ± 34.89	11,853.3 ± 7052.20^,*	1516.0 ± 1805.60^††	1720.0 ± 2188.01^††	972.0 ± 695.93^††	404.0 ± 228.65^††

1,3-DCP, 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol
Values are presented as means ± SD of seven rats
^*Significant difference at the P < 0.05 level compared with the Control group
^**Significant difference at the P < 0.01 level compared with the Control group
^†Significant difference at the P < 0.05 level compared with the 1,3-DCP group
^††Significant difference at the P < 0.01 level compared with the 1,3-DCP group

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