Table 1.

Oxidative Stress Status in Blood Samples From Nondiabetic and Mild Diabetic Rats.^a

	Nondiabetic	Diabetic
	(n = 15)	(n = 15)
Malondialdehyde (MDA), nmol/g Hb	103.36 ± 11.80	205.73 ± 43.73*
Superoxide dismutase (SOD), IU/mg Hb	4.52 ± 1.19	9.23 ± 3.84*
Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), IU/mg Hb	0.64 ± 0.17	1.18 ± 0.54*
Glutathione reductase (GHS-Rd), IU/mg Hb	2.79 ± 0.29	6.57 ± 1.50*

^a Data are reported as mean + standard error of the mean (SEM). ^* P < .05 statistically significant difference (Student t test).