Table 2. Effects of HWEG on serum ALT, AST, LDH, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and LDL‑cholesterol after 6 weeks

Group	ALT (U/L)	AST (U/L)	LDH (U/L)	Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
N1)	25.20±1.592)ns3)	54.70±3.58	989.6±102.24	140.29±13.02	154.40±21.49*	14.89±0.21
C	23.81±3.78	55.20±4.81	1187.18±142.08	161.57±8.62	118.21±7.32	15.14±0.15
P	24.30±4.37	54.43±6.78	1029.60±212.51	140.29±20.58	128.54±19.23	15.16±3.91
A	20.53±4.38	45.00±5.74*	657.50±300.67*	134.62±24.58*	124.28±19.87	16.01±2.46

N, normal diet; C, ethanol diet; P, ethanol diet with silymarin (100 mg/kg); A, ethanol diet with HWEG (6.7 mg/kg).
All values are mean±SD (n=10).
^ns, not significant; ^*, means with different between group of samples by one‑way ANOVA with Tukey’s test (p<0.05).