Protective effect of early enteral feeding on postburn impairment of liver function and its mechanism in rats

Table 1 The effects of EEF on the postburn changes of plasma ALT, AST activities and TB, DB contents (^-x ± s)

Group (samples)	Postburn hours
	3	6	12	24	48
EEF (40)
ALT (mmol·s-1/L)	1.21 ± 0.07bd	1.54 ± 0.14bd	1.75 ± 0.17bd	1.39 ± 0.09bd	1.09 ± 0.09bd
AST (mmol·s-1/L)	8.58 ± 0.64bd	11.47 ± 0.81bd	14.30 ± 1.04bd	9.75 ± 0.80bd	7.24 ± 0.65bd
TB (mmol/L)	16.85 ± 2.01ad	14.97 ± 2.36d	12.90 ± 2.01ad	10.82 ± 1.71bd	6.59 ± 1.61b
DB (mmol/L)	7.72 ± 1.90d	4.68 ± 1.46bd	2.42 ± 0.78b	1.72 ± 0.36b	1.74 ± 1.09b
Burn (40)
ALT (mmol·s-1/L)	2.06 ± 0.13d	2.90 ± 0.19d	3.19 ± 0.23d	2.99 ± 0.17d	2.21 ± 0.14d
AST (mmol·s-1/L)	12.20 ± 0.77d	18.77 ± 0.84d	23.13 ± 1.14d	16.18 ± 0.94d	12.56 ± 1.00d
TB (mmol/L)	19.26 ± 2.97d	16.98 ± 2.11d	15.08 ± 2.37d	18.32 ± 2.69d	10.82 ± 1.97d
DB (mmol/L)	8.26 ± 2.17d	9.77 ± 2.02d	5.50 ± 1.32d	7.10 ± 1.43d	3.54 ± 0.94d
Control (40)
ALT (mmol·s-1/L)	0.61 ± 0.09	0.57 ± 0.07	0.63 ± 0.08	0.58 ± 0.07	0.64 ± 0.10
AST (mmol·s-1/L)	1.55 ± 0.10	1.64 ± 0.09	1.60 ± 0.10	1.71 ± 0.11	1.58 ± 0.10
TB (mmol/L)	5.63 ± 1.41	6.04 ± 1.27	5.81 ± 1.62	6.17 ± 1.02	5.76 ± 1.38
DB (mmol/L)	1.62 ± 0.56	1.46 ± 0.39	1.55 ± 0.42	1.73 ± 0.41	1.53 ± 0.47

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs burn group;

^dP < 0.01 vs control.