Table 2.

Rat testes contents of total cholesterol and SH-group proteins after 150 days of 15 % ethanol consumption.

Indices	Animals groups
	Control	Alcoholism
Total cholesterol, µmoles/mg of protein	3.98±0.63	4.98±0.39*
Free cholesterol, µmoles/mg of protein	1.34±0.07	1.51±0.17
Etherified cholesterol, µmoles/mg of protein	2.64±0.68	3.84±0.36*
Protein SH-groups, nmoles/mg of protein	133.06±1,83	115.41±3,92**

mean±S.E.M., n = 6;

^*p <0.05 statistically significant in comparison with control;

^**p <0.01 statistically significant in comparison with control