Table 2.

Malondialdehyde concentrations in plasma and whole brain of chicks treated with hydrogen peroxide (0.5%) in drinking water for two weeks.

	Age (days)
Groups	7	10	14
Plasma (nmol/ml)
Control	3.3±0.59	3.7±0.63	8.5±2.01a b
H2O2	13.9±0.64*	15.5±3.14*	26.5±2.89* a b
Whole brain (nmol/g)
Control	123.9±7.75	138.5±7.61	125.1±6.37
H2O2	182.1±4.5*	171.8±12.08*	163.9±7.45*

Values are mean ± SE for 8 chicks/group

Hydrogen peroxide was added to drinking water of one–day- old chicks and continued for 14 days.

^*Significantly different from the respective control value, p<0.05.

^aSignificantly different from the respective 7-day-old group, p<0.05.

^bSignificantly different from the respective 10-day-old group, p<0.05.