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. 2023 Mar 11;201(11):5278–5297. doi: 10.1007/s12011-023-03596-1

Table 2.

The observed and expressed values of the combined treatment effects

Effect Creatinine
(mg/dl)
Effect ALT
(U/L)
Effect Tumor volume
(mm3)
Combined treatment
0.4 ± 0.3a,b OV 39.2 ± 5.6a,b OV 535.3 ± 97.9a,b OV EC/CuNPs/R
Ad 0.43 ± 0.05 EV Ad 38.98 ± 6.1 EV An 924.4 ± 106.0 EV
Effect

GSH

(mg/g tissue)

Effect

MDA

(nM/g tissue)

Effect

Calcium

(mg/g tissue)

1.31 ± 0.08a,b OV 91.1 ± 2.2a,b OV 124.3 ± 12.2a,b OV EC/CuNPs/R
Ad 1.3 ± 0.45 EV Sy 75.2 ± 7.43 EV Sy 46.9 ± 2.6 EV
Effect

NF-κB

(expression fold)

Effect

Casp-3

(pg/100 mg tissue)

Effect

CAT

(µM/g tissue)

0.3 ± 0.03a,b OV 5.77 ± 0.22a,b OV 11.8 ± 0.26a,b OV EC/CuNPs/R
An 0.48 ± 0.5 EV An 25.59 ± 0.96 EV Ad 12.2 ± 0.44 EV

P38MAPK

(expression fold)

Cyclin D1

(expression fold)

0.3 ± 0.22a,b OV 0.4 ± 0.03 OV EC/CuNPs/R
An 0.4 ± 0.03 EV An 0.63 ± 0.05 EV

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. OV, observed value; EV, expected value; Sy, synergistic effect; Ad, additive effect; An, antagonistic effect. Where a, significance compared to control and b, significance compared to EC