Table 6. Multifactor analysis of variance (MANOVA) evaluation of various factors effect on activity of antioxidant enzymes (Data represented as % of factors influences, F-ratio and p value).
Organ | Factor | |||
Age | Season | Light regimen | Time of the start of exposure to the constant light | |
SOD activity | ||||
Liver | 9.1% 11.01 0.0016 | 25.5% 26.02 0.0001 | ||
Heart | 17.6% 6.67 0.0025 | |||
Lungs | 11.5% 3.90 0.026 | |||
Skeletal muscle | 11.7% 3.85 0.027 | |||
Catalase activity | ||||
Liver | 9.1% 15.2 0.0003 | 30.8% 25.58 0.0001 | 20.1% 33.34 0.0001 | 32.2% 53.47 0.0001 |
Kidney | 14.0% 7.84 0.001 | |||
Skeletal muscle | 23.0% 20.99 0.0001 | 8.0% 3.65 0.03 |