Table 4. Effect of SAL on activity of enzymes in the epididymis of mice.
Groups & Treatment (mg/kg/day) | PRO (mg/ml) | CAT (µmol/min/mg protein) | SOD (U/mg protein) | GSH (µM/mg protein) | LPO (Umol/min/mg protein) | LDH (U/L) |
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Group I (Control) | 24.37 ± 1.38 | 69.39 ± 2.62 | 0.53 ± 0.31 | 23.12 ± 0.88 | 0.03 ± 0.00 | 0.89 ± 0.12 |
Group II (1mg/kg) | 18.36 ± 1.10** | 65.82 ± 0.92 | 0.50 ± 0.29 | 20.72 ± 2.32 | 0.17 ± 0.03** | 0.52 ± 0.05*** |
Group III (3mg/kg) | 13.82 ± 1.05*** | 40.25 ± 0.64*** | 0.41 ± 0.24** | 10.99 ± 0.71*** | 0.34 ± 0.02*** | 0.43 ± 0.06*** |
Group IV(5mg/kg) | 8.89 ± 0.71*** | 36.04 ± 1.22*** | 0.30 ± 0.17*** | 7.65 ± 1.70*** | 0.53 ± 0.08*** | 0.40 ± 0.09*** |
Group V (Control) | 22.01 ± 0.57 | 63.56 ± 1.19 | 0.41 ± 0.21 | 16.40 ± 1.19 | 0.03 ± 0.00 | 0.81 ± 0.08 |
Group VI (1mg/kg) | 10.63 ± 1.42*** | 38.88 ± 1.49*** | 0.30 ± 0.17* | 28.90 ± 2.50*** | 0.41 ± 0.02*** | 0.63 ± 0.18*** |
Group VII (3mg/kg) | 8.29 ± 1.67*** | 37.80 ± 3.68*** | 0.25 ± 0.15*** | 47.90 ± 1.45*** | 0.61 ± 0.04*** | 0.50 ± 0.11*** |
Group VIII (5mg/kg) | 5.17 ± 0.58*** | 26.21 ± 7.68*** | 0.18 ± 0.10*** | 61.43 ± 13.73*** | 0.96 ± 0.10*** | 0.39 ± 0.02*** |
Note: *, **, and *** indicate significant difference as compared to controls at (p<0.05), (p<0.01), and (p<0.001) respectively.