Fig. 2

Effects of oral administration of cadmium on levels of ALT, AST and total bilirubin of rats fed symbiotic diets at days 21 and 42 of treatments. Cd: cadmium; ILp + Cd: inulin, Lactobacillus plantarum and cadmium; IBc + Cd: inulin, Bacillus coagulans and cadmium. All results are expressed as mean and standard deviation. The different letters indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05)