“…Based on these experimental results, we chose male rats to investigate CCl 4 ‐induced liver damage. Chronic and repeated low‐dose CCl 4 intoxication to induce liver damage and cirrhosis in rats has been described in previous studies 11, 17. In this study, experimental results indicate that CCl 4 treatment decreased body weight, enlarged livers, and elevated liver enzyme activity, including that of AST, ALT, GGT and LDL, but reduced triglyceride levels that did not return to control levels.…”