Table 1.
Antioxidants status in the blood of mice in each group.
Treatment groups | Level of nonenzymic antioxidant (Total glutathione, μM/mL) | Level of antioxidant enzymes (U/mL) | ||
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Superoxide dismutase | Catalase | Glutathione peroxidase | ||
1% DMSO | 4.12 ± 0.11b | 5.57 ± 0.21c | 10.94 ± 0.87c | 12.45 ± 0.47c |
30% CCl4 | 1.35 ± 0.17a | 3.02 ± 0.22a | 7.45 ± 0.48a | 6.57 ± 1.20a |
α-tocopherol + CCl4 | 3.69 ± 0.82c | 4.44 ± 0.41c | 10.14 ± 0.78c | 11.16 ± 0.99 |
Extract (0.2 g/kg) + CCl4 | 1.70 ± 0.82 | 4.30 ± 0.15 | 9.24 ± 0.46ac | 7.64 ± 1.71a |
Extract (0.4 g/kg) + CCl4 | 3.06 ± 0.80 | 4.33 ± 0.65 | 10.02 ± 0.41c | 9.46 ± 0.24 |
Extract (0.8 g/kg) + CCl4 | 3.94 ± 0.10b | 4.94 ± 0.36c | 10.49 ± 0.48c | 10.64 ± 1.13c |
Values are mean ± SEM; a P < 0.01 versus 1% DMSO-treated group (n = 6); b P < 0.01 versus CCl4-treated group (n = 6); c P < 0.05 versus CCl4-treated group (n = 6).