Table 3.
Initial and final mean urinary polyphenols, plasma and urinary antioxidative activity, urinary TBARS and erythrocytic GST activity among subjects receiving different dietary supplements
| Parameter | Unit | Control | Apricot | Pomegranate | Pomegranat+Sobya | Sobya | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | |||||||
| x̄±SE | x̄±SE | P | x̄±SE | x̄±SE | P | x̄±SE | x̄±SE | P | x̄±SE | x̄±SE | P | x̄±SE | x̄±SE | P | ||
| Urinary polyphenol | GAE/mg creat | 10.36±1.8 | 8.11±2.2 | 18.47±9.7 | 10.36±2.2 | 5.70±1.4 | 55.23±21.7 | <0.05 | 10.40±3.2 | 21.62±7.3 | 11.84±6.2 | 9.86±1.8 | ||||
| Urinary Antioxidant activity | AEAC/mg creat* | 9.74±2.0 | 8.13±2.7 | 4.25±0.9 | 7.56±2.9 | 7.18±0.9 | 46.57±18.0 | <0.05 | 10.90±2.4 | 20.25±3.9 | 3.89±0.9 | 10.30±2.3 | ||||
| Urinary TBARS | μg/mg creat | 83.04±12.1 | 75.17±15.3 | 68.82±30.9 | 50.19±7.7 | 173.93±44.8 | 51.48±8.2 | <0.05 | 157.70±47.8 | 40.62±8.3 | <0.05 | 82.77±27.8 | 29.97±4.4 | |||
| Plasma antioxidant | AEAC/100 ml | 6.36±2.81 | 5.99±2.66 | 4.16±0.51 | 3.90±0.86 | 3.64±0.30 | 5.92±0.68 | <0.05 | 2.78±0.11 | 4.49±0.58 | <0.05 | 3.70±0.33 | 4.55±0.27 | |||
| E-GST Activity | IU/g Hb | 5.94±3.3 | 5.45±4.1 | 4.64±1.2 | 3.97±0.8 | 4.73±1.0 | 8.34±1.0 | 4.56±1.0 | 6.90±1.0 | 4.26±0.5 | 7.21±0.8 | <0.05 | ||||
x̄±SE: Mean ± standard Error, * : mmol ascorbic acid equivalent antioxidant capacity / mg creatinine, GAE : gallic acid equivalent; Mean values are significantly different if the P-Values are less than 0.05 (P<0.05)