Table 1. Details of primers used for qRT-PCR analysis.

Primer sequences were designed using NCBI primer BLAST using sequences accessed through GenBank and checked for specificity using nucleotide-nucleotide BLAST search.

Gene	GenBank Accession Number	Forward Primer (5’-3’)	Reverse Primer (5’-3’)
Catalase	NM_009804	ACCAAGGTTTGGCCTCACAA	TCCGGAGTGGGAGAATCCAT
eNOS	NM_008713	TGACCAGCACATTTGGCAATGG	CATGAGCGCTGCTGCAAAGC
iNOS	NM_010927	CACCTTGGAGTTCACCCAGT	ACCACTCGTACTTGGGATGC
nNOS	NM_008712	TTTCTGTCCGTCTCTCTTCAAACGCAAAGT	GCGGGAGACTGTTCGTTCTCTGAATACGGG
SOD1	NM_011434	GGAACCATCCACTTCGAGCA	CCCATGCTGGCCTTCAGTTA
SOD2	NM_013671	GCCCAAACCTATCGTGTCCA	AGGGAACCCCTAAATGCTGCC
SOD3	NM_ 011435	TTCTACGGCTTGCTACTGGC	GCTAGGTCGAAGCTGGACTC