Antimalarial Activity of Cocos nucifera Husk Fibre: Further Studies

Table 8

Effects of ethyl acetate fraction of Cocos nucifera (West African Tall variety) husk fibre extract on mouse plasma alkaline phosphatase, aspartate, and alanine aminotransferases activities.

Groups (dose in mg/kg b.w.)	ALP (μmol/mg prot./min)	ALT (mmol pyr/min/mg prot.)	AST (×10^−5 mmol pyr/min/mg prot.)
5% DMSO (control)	2.49 ± 0.36^a	81.20 ± 17.05^a	20.57 ± 0.30^e
31.25	3.25 ± 0.18^a	159.39 ± 50.31^a	4.47 ± 0.48^b
62.5	2.74 ± 0.22^a	122.83 ± 35.09^a	7.50 ± 1.00^c
125	2.79 ± 0.17^a	222.50 ± 35.32^a	7.93 ± 0.24^c
250	2.75 ± 0.20^a	151.83 ± 22.59^a	0.60 ± 0.01^a
500	2.77 ± 0.39^a	154.74 ± 11.76^a	15.00 ± 1.00^d

Values are mean ± SEM of 5 replicates. Values with different letter superscripts from the control are significantly different (𝑃 < 0.05).