Table 2 Serum levels of total bilirubin (TB); direct bilirubin (DB), alkaline phosphatase (AP), bile acids (BA), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), total proteins (TP) and albumin (Alb) in Sham-Operated (SO) and microsurgical liver cholestasis (LC) rats.

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TB (mg/dL)

DB (mg/dL)

AP (U/L)

BA (µmol/L)

AST (U/L)

ALT (U/L)

LDH (U/L)

TP (g/dL)

Alb (g/dL)

SO

0.09 ± 0.01

0.001 ± 0.0002

112.34 ± 8.81

6.78 ± 0.75

146.66 ± 19.96

53.50 ± 7.68

1013.00 ± 128.53

5.97 ± 0.09

3′02 ± 0.04

LC

8.17 ± 0.39*

4.92 ± 0.22*

284.88 ± 15.49*

42.84 ± 3.97*

245.07 ± 17.55*

27.32 ± 2.54*

967.76 ± 86.91

4.28 ± 0.21*

1′62 ± 0.09*

  1. Results are expressed as means ± S.E.M. *P < 0.05 versus SO. n = 15–20 animals each group.
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