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. 2014 Apr;4(4):272–278. doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C73

Table 3. SOD activity in major organs of alloxan-induced diabetic rats treated with methanolic extract of T. tetraptera leaves (50 mg/kg) for 7 d.

Treatment SOD activity (µ/mg protein)
Liver Kidney Heart
Normal control 39.27±1.13bc 23.01±1.10b 26.99±1.10b
Diabetic control 25.81±0.95a 17.04±0.66a 21.04±1.02a
Diabetic+Std drug 30.20±2.04ab 21.84±0.91b 25.46±1.20b
T. tetraptera only 42.08±1.50c 30.94±1.62c 35.04±2.01c
Diabetic+T. tetraptera 34.03±2.12bc 21.50±1.15b 25.02±1.25b

Data with different superscript letters along the same column are statistically different (P<0.05).