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. 2011 Mar 3;10:40. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-40

Table 2.

Superoxide dismutase activity in rat's serum in relation to diet

diet Cancerogenic factor Superoxide dismutase (U/mL) activity in serum
1. Standard diet DMBA + 19.73 ± 2.82
DMBA - 22.34 ± 1.65
2. Zinc 6.9 mg/mL (231 mg Zn/kg diet) DMBA + 19.52 ± 1.83
DMBA - 19,11 ± 3,77
3. Zinc 6.9 mg/mL (231 mg Zn/kg diet) and resveratrol 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw) DMBA + 20.81 ± 2.02
DMBA - 21.96 ± 2.31
4. Zinc (6.9 mg/mL) (231 mg Zn/kg diet) and genistein 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw) DMBA + 19.69 ± 2.67
DMBA - 21.93 ± 2.27
5. Copper 1.3 mg/mL (42.6 mg Cu/kg diet) DMBA + 20.64 ± 2.24
DMBA - 22.29 ± 3.99
6. Copper 1.3 mg/mL (42.6 mg Cu/kg diet) and resveratrol 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw) DMBA + 19.74 ± 3.20
DMBA - 22.07 ± 4.01

The date refer to serum evaluated at 20 weeks of the animals' age (decapitation time)

Abbreviations: DMBA - 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene; DMBA (+) corresponds to DMBA-treated groups; DMBA (-) corresponds to DMBA-untreated groups;