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. 2015 Aug 29;40(2):185–195. doi: 10.1016/j.jgr.2015.08.005

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

The effect of pectinase-treated Panax ginseng extract on the testicular antioxidant enzyme protein expression level in young and aged rats. The protocol described in the Materials and methods section 2.4, 2.5 was followed. The protein expression of PRx3 and 4, GPx4, and GSTm5 in testicular tissue was analyzed using western blotting. Tissue lysates from the indicated groups were immunoblotted with specific antibodies. (A) Beta-actin was used as internal control. The protein band intensity of PRx3 (B), GPx4 (C), and GSTm5 (D), respectively, normalized to that of β-actin is shown. The data represent the mean ± standard deviation (n = 6). * p < 0.01 compared with the young control rat group. ** p < 0.05 compared with the aged rat control group as determined with Student t-test and one way analysis of variance using GraphPad Prism version 4.0 for Windows. AC, aged rat control group; GINST, pectinase-treated Panax ginseng extract; GINST-AC, GINST-treated (200 mg/kg body weight.) aged rat group; GSTm5, glutathione S-transferase m5; PRx3 and 4, peroxiredoxin 3 and 4; YC, young control rat group.