Table 3.
The protective effects of TH on lipid peroxide (LPO) levels and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GRx), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in the hearts of normal and treated rats.
| Parameters | Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | TH | ISO | TH + ISO | |
| LPO (nmol TBARS/mg of protein) | 9.25 ± 0.68a | 9.33 ± 0.96a | 22.42 ± 1.09c | 16.84 ± 1.06b |
| SOD (units/mg of protein) | 1.46 ± 0.05a | 1.49 ± 0.09a | 0.16 ± 0.01b | 0.19 ± 0.02b |
| GPx (nmol NADPH oxidized/min/mg of protein) |
2.86 ± 0.06c | 2.83 ± 0.05c | 1.07 ± 0.19a | 1.86 ± 0.20b |
| GRx (nmol NADPH oxidized/min/mg of protein) |
83.66 ± 2.73b | 85.33 ± 2.18bc | 76.59 ± 5.92a | 89.05 ± 5.01c |
| GST (nmol CDNB conjugated/min/mg of protein) |
2.39 ± 0.21b | 3.58 ± 0.04a | 0.85 ± 0.02c | 1.89 ± 0.23b |
Results are expressed as the mean ± SD, n = 10.
a,b,cValues in the same row that do not share superscript letters (a, b, and c) differ significantly at p < 0.05; TH: Tualang honey; ISO: isoproterenol.