Table 4 Safety profile of trichinosis mice treated with pumpkin decoction and its mixture with honey.
Groups | Subgroups | TP (g/dL) | Albumin (g/dL) | Globulin (g/dL) | A/G ratio | ALT (U/L) | AST (U/L) | AST/ALT ratio |
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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 |