. 2011 Sep 21;2011:962025. doi: 10.1155/2011/962025

Table 5.

Effect of aqueous extracts of Ocimum sanctum L. leaves on serum lipid peroxide, hepatic and cardiac tissue lipid peroxide and antioxidant enzymes activity in HC rats.

	Group
	Normal	HC	HC + OS
Serum TBAR (μmole/L)	1.8 ± 0.08^a	2.7 ± 0.04^b	2.1 ± 0.1^c
Liver
TBARS (nmoleMDA/mg protein)	0.88 ± 0.06^a	1.38 ± 0.04^b	0.59 ± 0.05^c
GPx (μmole/min/mg protein)	1.3 ± 0.06^a	0.97 ± 0.02^b	1.19 ± 0.03^a
CAT (μmole/min/mg protein)	360 ± 16.6^a	275 ± 18^b	340 ± 28^a
SOD (unit/mg protein)	103 ± 13.9^a	40.1 ± 3.29^b	54.4 ± 2.32^b
Heart
TBARS (nmoleMDA/mg protein)	1.0 ± 0.05^a	1.83 ± 0.05^b	0.61 ± 0.07^c
GPx (μmole/mg protein)	0.28 ± 0.02^a	0.20 ± 0.02^b	0.30 ± 0.02^a
CAT (μmole/min/mg protein)	6.95 ± 0.38^a	5.82 ± 0.31^b	7.33 ± 0.47^a
SOD (unit/mg protein)	25.3 ± 2.1^a	14.3 ± 1.2^a	82.8 ± 11.7^c

Values are shown as means ± SEM of seven rats per group.

Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05.

TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; CAT: catalase; SOD: superoxide dismutase.