Table 3.

Changes in antioxidant state of rats induced by Naja haje snake venom after four hours

Parameters	Control rats	Intoxicated rats
Serum GSH (mmol/mL)	1.56 ± 0.34	1.01 ± 0.15*
Liver GSH (mmol/g tissue)	92.42 ± 17.07	56.69 ± 2.46*
Liver GPx (U/g tissue)	1722.43 ± 69.54	2253.41 ± 71.24*
Liver GR (μmol/h/g tissue)	93.78 ± 10.75	55.59 ± 18.27*
Liver GST (μmol/h/g tissue)	0.61 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.01*
Liver SOD (U/g tissue)	1.06 ± 0.03	1.72 ± 0.08*
Liver CAT (U/g tissue)	0.41 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01*

*significant change at p < 0.05 with respect to the control group; values are means ± SE (n = 6).

GSH: glutathione, GPx: glutathione peroxidase, GR: glutathione reductase, SOD: superoxide dismutase, CAT: catalase.