Table 5.
Effect of spirulina intervention at (500 × 4) mg dose on serum content of oxidants and antioxidants and on the activity of burst enzymes in COPD patients.
| Parameters | 0 days (mean ± SD) |
30 days (mean ± SD) |
60 days (mean ± SD) |
F value | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malondialdehyde (MDA) (nmoL/mL) | 3.78 ± 0.24 | 3.11 ± 0.25 | 2.43 ± 0.28 | 216.404 | 0.000* |
| Lipid hydroperoxide (nmoL/mL) | 3.63 ± 0.19 | 3.10 ± 0.23 | 2.44 ± .21 | 240.034 | 0.000* |
| Catalase (kU/L) | 31.53 ± 8.41 | 36.12 ± 8.21 | 42.25 ± 7.59 | 13.314 | 0.000* |
| Superoxide dismutase (SOD) (U/mL) | 67.25 ± 6.43 | 74.76 ± 5.64 | 80.83 ± 4.89 | 42.864 | 0.000* |
| Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) (U/mL) | 28.41 ± 4.02 | 31.61 ± 3.75 | 32.88 ± 3.42 | 11.350 | 0.000* |
| Glutathione (GSH) (nmoL/mL) | 279.3 ± 23.26 | 316.76 ± 16.68 | 356.57 ± 11.71 | 140.565 | 0.000* |
| Vitamin C (mg/dL) | 0.76 ± 0.07 | 0.85 ± .06 | 0.98 ± .05 | 114.403 | 0.000* |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 167.22 ± 10.33 | 155.28 ± 7.45 | 140.72 ± 14.90 | 41.244 | 0.000* |
| Triglyceride (TG) (mg/dL) | 172.10 ± 14.44 | 166.50 ± 13.25 | 161.34 ± 11.68 | 5.011 | 0.000* |
| High density lipoprotein (HDL) (mg/dL) | 42.21 ± 5.17 | 43.16 ± 5.15 | 44.69 ± 4.79 | 1.853 | 0.163 |
*Statistically significant. Comparisons are made between day 0 versus day 30 and day 0 versus day 60.