Table 2.

Effect of β-sitosterol upon various in-vivo antioxidant markers

Groups	TBARs (nM of MDA/μg of protein)	GSH (mg %)	SOD (Units of SOD/mg of protein)	Catalase (nM of H2O2/min/mg of protein)
CONTROL (3 ml/kg)	86.08 ± 5.00***	2.30 ± 0.12	1.92 ± 0	50.63 ± 7.81*
MNU (47 mg/kg)	118.84 ± 4.65	2.00 ± 0.16	1.81 ± 0.02	31.76 ± 2.59
β-SITOSTEROL + MNU (10 mg/kg + 47 mg/kg)	147.93 ± 6.67**	1.03 ± 0.14**	1.82 ± 0.03	26.90 ± 3.06
β-SITOSTEROL + MNU (20 mg/kg + 47 mg/kg)	105.51 ± 2.35	1.24 ± 0.21*	1.80 ± 0.03	51.75 ± 3.31*

(Values are Mean ± SEM), each group contains eight animals. Comparisons were made on the basis of the one-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni test. All groups were compared to the toxic control group (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001)