Table 3. Effect of Vit E and DEX on VCL-induced changes in antioxidant status and MDA level; all data are given as Mean±SD (n=6).

	GSH-px	SOD	TAC	MDA
	(U/mg protein)	(U/mg protein)	(mmoL/mg protein)	(nmoL/mg protein)
Control-sham	35.00±4.60a	700.66±15.04a	0.51±0.013a	1.41±0.05a
VCL	10.46±2.10b	174.53±22.50b	0.11±0.015b	9.21±0.26b
VCL+E	28.22±1.35c,e	608.45±35.61cf	0.42±0.012c	4.70±0.34c
VCL+DEX	24.22±4.06c	546.36±40.02d	0.37±0.010d	4.83±0.40c
VCL+E+DEX	31.26±2.28a,d,e	651.11±16.51e,f	0.49±0.011e	2.36±0.12d

Note: E: vitamin E (150mg/kg), DEX: dexamethasone (0.125mg/kg), GSH-px: glutathione peroxidase, SOD: superoxide dismutase, TAC: total antioxidant capacity, MDA: malondialdehyde, VCL: varicocele.

^a,b,c,d,e,f: indicate significant differences (P<0.05) between marked data in same column.