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Table 2. Effect of sodium selenite (SS, 0.5 mg/kg, i.p.; once daily for 1 week) on oxidative stress markers in rats subjected to a single dose whole-body irradiation (3.2 Gy).

	GSH (µmol/g wet tissue)		GPx (U/g wet tissue)		MDA (nmol/g wet tissue)
Groups	Ovary	Uterus	Ovary	Uterus	Ovary	Uterus
Control	4.04±0.48	5.01±0.43	5.36±1.46	2.01±0.23	84.8±22.1	96.2±10.11
IR	2.47±0.25^a	4.40±0.09^a	3.07±0.78^a	1.24±0.43^a	134.4±15.3^a	275.0±64.55^a
SS	3.39±0.17^b	5.23±0.41^b	5.89±0.56^b	2.38±0.30^b	82.7±14.3^b	133.8±14.58^b
SS/IR	3.93±0.64^b	4.94±0.22^b	4.87±0.48^b	2.21±0.30^b	86.4±8.9^b	137.3±24.20^b

Data expressed as Mean ± SD.

a or b: Significantly different from control or radiation group, respectively at P<0.05, using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey–Kramer as a post-hoc test. Abbreviations: GSH, reduced glutathione; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; MDA, malondialdehyde.