A Study of Protective effect of Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) in Normal and Carbon-Tetrachloride Induced Hepatotoxic Rats in Western U.P. India

The current study has been conducted to investigate the affect of ginger on hepatic antioxidant enzymes system in carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxic rats. The first set of animals received only ginger-supplemented diet while the another set were treated with CCl4 before maintaining them on ginger-based diets.Consumption of the experimental diets by the normal rats produced significant elevation (p<0.05) in the activities of the hepatic aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase as well as the concentration of protein and albumin. Administration of CCl4 to the second set of rats resulted in the alteration of the liver function parameters. However, the significantly reduced (p<0.05) marker enzymes such as AST, ALT, due to CCl4 treatment were restored towards normalization on consumption of ginger diet. The biochemical parameters like total protein and albumin were also restored towards normal levels. The findings indicate that the ginger is an efficient hepatoprotective and antioxidant agent against CCl4-induced liver toxicity.