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Introduction and Aim: Nowedays vitamin A consumption to compensate for the lack of it in the body or healing of skin disorders without considering respective side effects is so common.In this research the protective effect of saffron hydro alcoholic extracts on liver enzymes following vitamin A toxicity was investigated .
Materials and Methods: In the experimental study 48 rats were divided into 6 groups of 8 , namely control, sham and 4experimental.Control group didn’t received anythings , sham group received only distilled water. The experimental group 1 Number 1 received saffron hydro alcoholic extract with 50mg/kg dose for 15 days.Experimental groups 3, 4, 5, initially received vitamin A 50000IU for 15 days. The experimental groups 4,5 received saffron hydro alcoholic extract with 50,80 (mg/kg )dose for 15 days. At the end of this period ,blood was collected from the hearts for measuring the amounts of AST ,ALT and ALP.Obtained data were statistically analyzed using statistical tests including one way variance analysis and tukey test . P
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