Results
Total phenolics and total flavonoids of P. Biglobosa pulp extracts
The phenolics and flavonoid contents of the extract of
P. biglobosa pulp are 517.11 ± 2.19 mg/ml and 159.13 ± 0.54 mg/
ml, respectively.
Cellular enzymes
The administration of AFB1 (167 μg/kg body weight) alone
brought about 74.46, 75.44 and 53.80% decrease in ALP, ALT
and AST activities in rat liver respectively compared to controls
(p < 0.05). This was also accompanied with significant (p < 0.05)
increase in the enzymatic activities in the serum (Table. 1).
This trend was dose-dependently reversed in the rats pretreated
with P. biglobosa pulp extract, as the activity of the liver
and serum enzymes compared significantly (p < 0.05) to the
control. The highest dose of phenolic extract of P. bliglobosa
(400 mg/kg bodyweight) prevented AFB1-mediated decrease in
the activities of ALP, ALT and AST by 73.12, 71.73 and 50.16%,
respectively