Table 2.
Effect of ulinastatin on tissue antioxidant enzyme activities.
| Variables | Group | Organs | ||||
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| Heart | Lung | Liver | Muscle | Ileum | ||
| Cu-Zn SOD# | ILR | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 16.3 ± 2.2 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 3.2 ± 0.5 |
| ILR/ULI | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 17.3 ± 2.5 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.4 | |
| DLR | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 17.6 ± 1.4 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.4 | |
| DLR/ULI | 3.2 ± 0.6 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 16.8 ± 1.9 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 3.0 ± 0.3 | |
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| MnSOD+ | ILR | 7.9 ± 1.3 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 0.8 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.3 |
| ILR/ULI | 8.6 ± 1.5 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 6.8 ± 0.8 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.4 | |
| DLR | 8.4 ± 1.4 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | |
| DLR/ULI | 8.3 ± 1.4 | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 6.6 ± 0.7 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | |
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| Catalase | ILR | 42.6 ± 5.6 | 54.3 ± 6.2 | 485.2 ± 73.1 | 8.6 ± 1.1 | 34.0 ± 6.5 |
| ILR/ULI | 46.6 ± 8.3 | 57.0 ± 7.5 | 428.8 ± 63.7 | 7.6 ± 1.4 | 37.4 ± 8.5 | |
| DLR | 47.3 ± 6.1 | 56.3 ± 4.6 | 523.5 ± 59.5 | 8.6 ± 1.3 | 32.5 ± 4.4 | |
| DLR/ULI | 42.6 ± 5.7 | 54.3 ± 6.2 | 489.3 ± 76.5 | 8.6 ± 1.4 | 32.6 ± 5.3 | |
Data were expressed as mean ± SD of units per milligram of protein. n = 7–10 in each group.
#Copper zinc superoxide dismutase.
+Manganese superoxide dismutase.