Table 6.
Effect of oral exposure of Nisin (50 mg/kg/day) on various biochemical parameters of reproductive tissues in male rats. Each value is the mean ± S.D. of six observations. No significant difference was observed between the two groups.
| Epididymis | Seminal vesicle | Ventral prostate | Liver | Kidney | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α-glucosidase (1 nM of substrate hydrolyses/hr) | Lactic acid (mg/gm tissue) | Fructose (mg/gm tissue) | Alkaline phosphatase (μ mol Pi formed/mg protein/h) | AlAT | AAT | AlAT | AAT | |
| μMol of pyruvate formed/mg protein/hr | μMol of pyruvate formed/mg protein/hr | |||||||
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| Control | 23.24 ± 1.18 | 2.17 ± 0.84 | 2.11 ± 0.76 | 30.34 ± 2.81 | 0.93 ± 0.07 | 0.67 ± 0.07 | 0.63 ± 0.05 | 0.51 ± 0.05 |
| Treated | 24.19 ± 1.16 | 2.04 ± 0.71 | 2.81 ± 0.88 | 30.18 ± 3.00 | 0.89 ± 0.08 | 0.69 ± 0.06 | 0.62 ± 0.05 | 0.46 ± 0.05 |