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Table 6.

Effect of 100 – 400 mg/kg of HEAC on splenic antioxidant and glycoprotein in CFA-induced arthritic rats

Treatment	GSH (U/mg protein)	SOD (U/mg protein)	CAT (U/mg protein)	MDA (ng/mg protein)	Nitrite	Hexose sugar	Sialic
Untreated control	0.56 ± 0.06	4.74 ± 1.45	16.51±3.54	0.02±0.006	2.72±0.20	473.50±28.47	119.60±10.46
Arthritic control	0.29 ± 0.08^d	1.80 ± 0.41^d	18.44±4.81	0.08±0.001^a	4.48±1.70^a	528.70±98.70	248.60±17.85b
100 mg/kg HEAC (Pre)	0.23 ± 0.03^d	1.43 ± 0.28^d	15.12±1.52	0.06±0.004	2.66±0.44^d	567.40±6.25	90.11±9.50^e
200 mg/kg HEAC (Pre)	0.27 ± 0.06^d	2.04 ± 0.28^a	19.38±0.81	0.03±0.005^d	2.85±0.45^d	378.50±20.21^d	79.26±2.82^e
400 mg/kg HEAC (Pre)	7.34 ± 1.53b	1.55 ± 0.09^d	16.82±0.32	0.08±0.02^a	2.66±0.28^d	439.50±16.13^d	93.55±0.78^d
200 mg/kg HEAC (Post)	2.91 ± 0.97^a	2.25 ± 0.27^a	21.19±4.32	0.10±0.03	2.52±0.18^d	509.20±20.09	67.11±9.56f
400 mg/kg HEAC (Post)	11.51±0.97^c	1.76 ± 0.35^d	18.09±3.90	0.06±0.01	1.54±0.00^e	259.00±23.20^e	70.97±15.38f
3mg/kg CEL^e	6.78±1.05b	1.18 ± 0.16^d	13.46±1.31	0.06±0.01	3.05±0.04^a	538.10±21.74	147.00±10.72^a

^{a, b and c}

represent a significant increase at p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001 when compared to untreated control group while ^{d, e} and ^f represent significant decreases at p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001 when compared to untreated arthritic rats.