Table 2.
Effect of L. major infection on skin and lung GSH and MDA levels in control and experimental mice at different times. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. (n=7)
| Time (day) | GSH (nmol/mg protein) |
MDA (nmol/mg protein) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | Lung | Skin | Lung | |
| Control | 16.542±1.458 | 74.124±5.478 | 2.543±0.135 | 4.354±0.415 |
| 20 | 15.875±1.254 | 73.257±4.463 | 2.789±0.221 | 4.456±0.368 |
| 40 | 15.245±1.045 | 71.261±6.527 | 2.913±0.235 | 4.574±0.425 |
| 60 | 14.578±1.062 | 69.542±5.572 | 3.019±0.254* | 4.698±0.548 |
| 90 | 13.141±1.235***,# | 67.853±6.258* | 3.528±0.287***,# | 4.983±0.421 |
| 120 | 13.723±1.123**,# | 67.269±6.465 | 3.128±0.308**,# | 4.841±0.358 |
Control is mean of the control groups at different time intervals.
*
P<0.05,
**
P<0.01 and
***
P<0.001 vs. control.
#
P<0.05 vs. other times in infected mice