Table 1.

Primer sequences.

Gene	Sequence	Product size	Accession number
18S RNA	CCTGGATACCGCAGCTAGGA	112 bp	NR_003286
	GCGGCGCAATACGAATGCCCC
SOD1	GTCGGCTTCTCGTCTTGCTC	80 bp	NM_011434.1
	GCTTTCATCGCCATGCTTCC
CAT	CGTCCGTCCCTGCTGTCTCA	109 bp	NM_009804.2
	CTGCTCCTTCCACTGCTTCATC
GPx1	CGGGACCCTGAGACTTAGAGC	191 bp	NM_008160.6
	GAAGGCATACACGGTGGACTG

The constitutive gene 18S was used as an internal control.