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. 2013 Nov 2;11(1):165–171. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i1.26

Table 6.

Effect of E. speciosa extract on oxidative stress parameters in rats subjected to HCl/ethanol treatment.

Treatment (mg/kg): Catalase SOD GSH MDA
(umol H2O2/min/mg) (U/mg (mmol/g × 10-3 ) (mmol/g × 10-6 )
- Normal rats 10.44 + 1.35 12.46 + 0.37 9.13 + 0.50 10.45 + 1.19
- Negative control 7.34 + 1.40 9.45 + 0.44 6.17 + 0.39 22.26 + 0.89
- E. speciosa 100 12.17 + 1.38* 10.40 + 0.37 9.09 + 1.01* 14.64 + 0.74**
- E. speciosa 200 16.66 + 1.27** 13.53 + 0.41** 9.69 + 0.52** 10.91 + 1.28**
- Cimetidine 200 10.88 + 0.66 11.37 + 0.29** 7.14 + 0.37 18.52 + 0.77*

Statistically significant relative to the control, * (P<0.05); **(P<0.01); ***(P<0.001). SOD, superoxide dismutase; GSH, reduced glutathione; MDA, malondialdehyde. Each value is a mean from 6 rats ± SEM.

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