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. 2014 Mar 25;9(3):e93163. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093163

Table 5. Oxidative biomarkers and antioxidant enzymes status in the liver of barrows.

Items Control (n = 6) Daidzein (n = 5) D+L (n = 6) P
Total carbonyl (mg/g wt liver) 7.07±0.78a 4.69±1.10b 5.09±1.04b 0.002
Hydrogen Peroxide(H2O2) (mmol/g protein) 5.77±0.65 5.50±0.81 5.40±0.88 0.699
Inhibiting Hydroxyl Radical (U/mg protein) 25.15±6.34 26.19±3.47 30.42±6.52 0.280
NO (μmol/g protein) 0.41±0.04 0.32±0.05 0.36±0.07 0.079
Protein Carbonyl (nmol/mg protein) 5.16±0.73 4.24±0.80 4.40±0.44 0.076
8-OH-dG (ng/g wt liver) 337.00±47.43a 258.53±75.22b 244.54±26.67b 0.017
CAT (U/g protein) 78.34±10.54 78.34±9.68 84.23±8.93 0.509
Total-SOD (U/mg protein) 239.08±12.06b 251.43±15.11b 299.38±35.46a 0.002
CuZn-SOD (U/mg protein) 156.04±13.49ab 134.32±5.90b 169.73±29.03a 0.030
Mn-SOD (U/mg protein) 83.04±5.36b 117.11±15.13a 129.65±14.96a <0.0001
MDA (nmol/mg protein) 2.62±0.51 2.27±0.59 2.11±0.30 0.174
GSH-px (activity unit) 20.08±1.56 21.70±2.13 20.49±20.70 0.417
GR (U/g protein) 7.34±2.07 5.81±1.33 6.17±1.50 0.310
GSH (μmol/g wt liver) 0.84±.09 0.81±0.10 0.77±0.07 0.383
GSSG (μmol/g wt liver) 0.17±0.03 0.17±0.02 0.19±0.02 0.300
GSH/GSSG 5.1±0.98 4.74±0.92 4.05±0.34 0.090

Note: values with different small letter superscripts in the same row mean that there was a significant difference (P<0.05), and the same small letter superscripts mean that there was no difference.