Table 4. CAT activity in major organs of alloxan-induced diabetic rats treated with methanolic extract of T. tetraptera leaves (50 mg/kg) for 7 d.
Treatment | CAT activity (µ/mg protein) |
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Liver | Kidney | Heart | |
Normal control | 16.16±0.95c | 13.79±0.46bc | 14.09±0.55c |
Diabetic control | 11.72±0.40a | 9.15±0.39a | 9.19±0.36a |
Diabetic+Std drug | 16.74±0.43bc | 16.01±0.56bc | 12.25±0.44ab |
T. tetraptera only | 21.11±0.94c | 21.56±0.68c | 14.09±0.55c |
Diabetic+T. tetraptera | 17.76±0.92b | 13.72±0.52b | 12.25±0.44b |
Data with different superscript letters along the same column are statistically different (P<0.05).