Table 1

Effects of dietary glycine on recovery from early alcoholic liver injury

Parameters	Groups	Six Wk Ethanol	One Wk Recovery	Two Wk Recovery
AST	Control	161 ± 33	91 ± 8	86.4 ± 6
	Glycine	146 ± 24	69 ± 2^1-a	64.7 ± 5^1-a
ALT	Control	75 ± 9	34.3 ± 3	37 ± 4
	Glycine	70 ± 6	22.7 ± 1^1-b	30 ± 4
Scores^1-c	Control	5.5 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.5
	Glycine	5.6 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.4^1-a	0.5 ± 0.5^1-a
Steatosis	Control	18.5 ± 2.8	9.8 ± 1.6	8.4 ± 1.2
	Glycine	18.2 ± 2.3	5.6 ± 0.7^1-a	5.2 ± 1.3
WBC^1-d	Control	3.7 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.1	1.8 ± 0.1
	Glycine	3.6 ± 0.3	2.3 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.2^1-a
Necrosis^1-e	Control	3.8 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.1
	Glycine	3.9 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1^1-b	1.3 ± 0.1