Antimalarial Activity of Cocos nucifera Husk Fibre: Further Studies

Table 9

Effects of ethyl acetate fraction of Cocos nucifera (West African Tall variety) husk fibre extract on activities of mouse plasma lactate and glutamate dehydrogenases.

Groups (dose in mg/kg b.w.)	Lactate dehydrogenase (μM/mg protein/min)	Glutamate dehydrogenase (U/mg protein)
5% DMSO (control)	0.11 ± 0.01^a	0.08 ± 0.01^a
31.25	0.13 ± 0.01^a	0.09 ± 0.02^a
62.5	0.12 ± 0.01^a	0.36 ± 0.07^b
125	0.14 ± 0.01^a	0.04 ± 0.010^a
250	0.19 ± 0.03^b	0.25 ± 0.06^b
500	0.13 ± 0.01^a	0.07 ± 0.01^a

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