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Abstract
Liver is the largest and most important organ in the body. It’s a barrier through which nutrients and other substances absorbed from the alimentary canal into the portal veins pass before entering the systemic circulation. It’s responsible for over 25 percent of the resting metabolism, although weighing less than 2.5 percent of the whole body, and has been aptly described as the body’s chemical workshop Foeniculum (F. vulgare Mill) is an aromatic plant belongs to “Apoiaceae’’ family, used as culinary spice and traditional medicine. The fennel of the plant primarily contains monoterpenes, fenchone limonene, sterols, coumarines, piperitone, piperitone oxide, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid. Moreover, F. vulgare also possesses camphor and alphapinen with free radical scavenging activity. In addition, essential oils of fennel provide unique aroma, taste and acquire antibacterial, antifongic, relaxant, estrigenic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions. Fruits of the plant have diuretic, analgesic, antipyretic and antioxidant activities. One hundred and twenty Sprague Dawley rats (weighting (120± 10)g) were obtained from the Serum and Vaccine Authority, were used in this study. All rats were fed on basal diet for one week. Each five rats was housed in an individual stainless steel cage under controlled condition. Diets were introduced to rats in a special non – scattering feeding dish to avoid loss of food and contamination. Tap water was provided to rats by mean of glass tubes projecting through wire cages from inverted bottles supported to one side of the cage. The rats were divided into eight groups as following : Group1:Control group (control negative) 15 rats were fed on basal diet. , Group 2 : Control group( Rats which were induced by CCl4) (control positive )15 rats were fed on basal diet., Group3: 15 rats were fed on basal diet containing sweet fenne. , Group4: 15 rats were fed on basal diet containing Bitter fenne. Group 5: 15 rats were fed on basal diet containing (Bitter + Sweet fennel ) , Group 6 : 15 rats which were induced by CCl4)were fed on basal diet containing sweet fennel , Group 7: 15 rats which were induced by CCl4) were fed on basal diet containing Bitter fennel Group 8: 15 rats which were induced by CCl4) were fed on basal diet containing mixture of (Bitter + Sweet fennel ) .Each of all groups were divided into three subgroups ( 5 rats ) with three fennel concentrations 5% , 10% an 15%.