Table 1 The defensive role of thyme aqueous extract on serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities in normal and dexamethasone (DXM) treated rats

G1

Normal

183.0 ± 3.59

-

173.7 ± 2.18

-

55.88 ± 1.43

-

2481 ± 16.4

-

G2

Dexamethasone

303.0 ± 3.49^***

65.57

264.0 ± 5.45 ^***

51.99

77.88 ± 3.24 ^***

39.37

2680 ± 20.17 ^***

4.37

G3

Thyme

247.7 ± 5.10 ^***

− 18.25

179.8 ± 1.99^***

− 31.89

56.35 ± 1.28 ^***

− 38.21

2563 ± 21.72 ^***

8.02

F-Probability

P < 0.6447

-

P < 0.0001

-

P < 0.0001

-

P < 0.0002

-