Table 2.
Result of pre-treatment with or without aqueous extract of Ziziphus mauritiana leaf extract on hepatic antioxidant enzymes
| Treatment | GR (U/mg liver) |
GPx (U/mg liver) |
SOD (U/mg liver) |
CAT (U/mg liver) |
| Normal | 55.58 ± 2.72 | 37.94 ± 3.14 | 10.35 ± 1.30 | 66.68 ± 3.96 |
| Alcohol | 28.53 ± 1.28β | 17.78 ± 2.18 β | 3.69 ± 1.00 β | 38.83 ± 1.47 β |
| Zm 200mg/kg + Alc | 38.52 ± 3.14 β | 26.86 ± 1.53 β | 6.10 ± 1.24 β | 48.93 ± 1.99 β |
| Zm 400mg/kg + Alc | 47.14 ± 3.99 | βc 31.07 ± 2.40 βc | 9.17 ± 1.20 βc | 58.90 ± 1.52 βc |
| sily 100mg/kg + Alc | 49.49 ± 3.27 βc | 34.52 ± 3.18 βc | 8.97 ± 1.32 βc | 55.08 ± 1.08 βc |
Results are Mean ± S.D, (n = 5).
α
Significantly lower than control (p<0.05).
β
Significantly higher compared to experimental group (p<0.05).
c
Significantly higher compared to group pretreated with 200 mg/kg bw extract (p<0.05).