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) |
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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).