Table 4 Safety profile of trichinosis mice treated with pumpkin decoction and its mixture with honey.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo subsp. ovifera) decoction promotes Trichinella spiralis expulsion during intestinal phase via “Weep and Sweep” mechanism

Groups

Subgroups

TP (g/dL)

Albumin (g/dL)

Globulin (g/dL)

A/G ratio

ALT (U/L)

AST (U/L)

AST/ALT ratio

Uninfected group

− ve control

4.14 ± 0.12bc

2.94 ± 0.09a

1.20 ± 0.21c

2.52 ± 0.54a

8.77 ± 0.12c

10.42 ± 0.13e

1.19 ± 0.3d

Infected group

+ ve control

2.91 ± 0.15d

1.92 ± 0.09d

0.99 ± 0.20c

2.01 ± 0.42a

11.72 ± 0.94a

39.69 ± 1.62a

3.40 ± 0.19a

Treated groups

Pumpkin decoction

5.98 ± 0.33a

2.92 ± 0.07a

3.06 ± 0.37a

0.97 ± 0.14b

10.08 ± 0.50bc

29.56 ± 0.77b

2.94 ± 0.18b

Honey

4.71 ± 0.38b

2.24 ± 0.15c

2.47 ± 0.36ab

0.93 ± 0.17b

7.07 ± 0.78d

20.86 ± 0.46c

3.00 ± 0.29ab

Pumpkin decoction + honey

4.01 ± 0.14c

2.10 ± 0.14 cd

1.91 ± 0.27b

1.13 ± 0.23b

10.86 ± 1.08ab

28.69 ± 0.37b

2.66 ± 0.27bc

Standard

4.45 ± 0.38bc

2.50 ± 0.02b

1.95 ± 0.40b

1.32 ± 0.25b

7.11 ± 0.14d

17.34 ± 1.28d

2.44 ± 0.16c

  1. Results are shown as the means ± SE of six duplicates. The results were construed using one-way ANOVA using BIM-SPSS version 25, P ≤ 0.001, Value with the same letter has no significance but the value with different letter has significant at 0.001.