Table 4.

Effects of SAME on liver antioxidant enzymes of rat

Treatment	CAT (U/mg protein)	POD (U/mg protein)	SOD (U/mg protein)
Control (Saline, 0.9% NaCl)	10.3 ± 1.5A	12.7 ± 1.2A	21.2 ± 2.5A
GTM (100 mg/kg bw)	5.8 ± 1.0B	6.8 ± 0.9D	13.2 ± 1.6C
GTM + SAME (100 mg/kg bw)	8.8 ± 1.0A	8.4 ± 1.2C	16.7 ± 1.2B
GTM + SAME (200 mg/kg bw)	9.8 ± 1.2A	10.4 ± 1.5B	20.2 ± 1.9A
SAME (200 mg/kg bw)	10.3 ± 0.9A	12.8 ± 1.3A	22.3 ± 1.6A

Mean ± SD (n = 06). A-D, Means not sharing common letters within a column are significantly (P < 0.01) different from each other.

GTM, gentamicin; SAME, methanol extract of Sonchus asper