The Protective Effects of Securigera securidaca Seed Extract on Liver Injury Induced by Bile Duct Ligation in Rats

Table 1

Group comparisons respecting the mean scores of liver injury biochemical factors and oxidative stress markers.

Markers	Groups
	Healthy	Sham	BDL-control	BDL+VitC	BDL+SS100	BDL+SS200
Biochemical
AST (IU/L)	^^	^^	^#	^#	^^	^#
LT (IU/L)	^^	^^	^#^	^#	^#^^	^#^^
LP (IU/L)	^^	^^	^#^	^#	^^	^#
LDH (IU/L)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)
Oxidative stress markers
Liver NO (μmol/mg protein)
Liver MDA (μmol/mg protein)
Liver protein carbonyl (μmol/mg protein)
Liver TAC (μmol/mg protein)
Liver GSH (mmol/mg protein)
Liver SOD (U/mg protein)
Liver catalase (U/mg protein)
Serum NO (μmol/L)
Serum MDA (μmol/L)
Serum protein carbonyl (μmol/L)
Serum TAC (μmol/L)
Serum GSH (mmol/L)
Serum SOD (U/mg protein)
Serum catalase (kU/L)

BDL: bile duct ligation; SS: Securigera securidaca; VitC: vitamin C; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline aminotransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; NO: nitric oxide; MDA: malondialdehyde; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; GSH: glutathione; SOD: superoxide dismutase. ^#Significantly different from the sham group; significantly different from the BDL-control group; ^{^}significantly different from the BDL+VitC group.