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. 2016 Feb 15;71:13–18. doi: 10.1007/s11130-016-0535-8

Table 2.

Effect of soybean sprouts on antioxidant enzymes activity in the liver of rats

Parameter Sex Dietary soybean sprouts (g/kg feed)
0 10 30 60
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) M 27.1 ± 2.8 31.9 ± 3.0* [↑18 %] 27.0 ± 3.5 26.3 ± 3.5
(U/mg protein) F 20.8 ± 1.8 29.3 ± 4.6* [↑41 %] 32.1 ± 3.5* [↑54 %] 26.4 ± 4.8* [↑27 %]
Catalase (CAT) M 5.07 ± 0.55 4.11 ± 0.44* [↓19 %] 4.87 ± 0.62 4.76 ± 0.59
(U/mg protein) F 3.32 ± 0.33 2.69 ± 0.35* [↓19 %] 3.99 ± 0.49* [↑20 %] 3.59 ± 0.49
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) M 774.1 ± 64.2 873.6 ± 60.9* [↑13 %] 970.3 ± 90.2* [↑25 %] 787.6 ± 71.3
(nmol NADPH/min/mg protein) F 768.9 ± 88.3 1121.2 ± 144.3* [↑46 %] 1213.5 ± 69.7* [↑58 %] 998.1 ± 50.4* [↑30 %]
Glutathione reductase (GR) M 57.0 ± 6.3 40.5 ± 2.7* [↓29 %] 44.6 ± 4.8* [↓22 %] 41.5 ± 0.8* [↓27 %]
(nmol NADPH/min/mg protein) F 49.4 ± 6.1 32.6 ± 4.9* [↓34 %] 36.7 ± 4.7* [↓26 %] 35.4 ± 4.1* [↓28 %]
Glutathione S-transferase (GST) M 607.9 ± 57.5 652.7 ± 66.6 623.7 ± 75.8 661.0 ± 55.7
(nmol CDNB/min/mg protein) F 390.0 ± 32.3 440.9 ± 69.7 514.2 ± 62.9* [↑32 %] 595.7 ± 55.3* [↑53 %]

Means and standard deviations are presented. n = 8

*Significantly different from controls

Values in parentheses express percentage of change