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. 2013 Jul 1;8(7):e69086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069086

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)
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.