Table 1.

The influence of synbiotic containing Lactobacillus casei and inulin on the concentrations of selected oxidative stress parameters. Data is shown as mean ± SEM. ^∗p < 0.01, ^∗∗p < 0.001, and ^#p < 0.05  versus control group.

Study groups	OS parameters
	MDA [nmol/mL]	H2O2 [pmol/μL]	GSHt [μM]	GSH [μM]	GSSG [μM]	GSH/GSSG [μM]	-SH groups [μM]
Control “0”	7.32 ± 0.10	0.37 ± 0.01	18.42 ± 0.77	17.13 ± 0.85	1.29 ± 0.23	13.28 ± 0.90	82.58 ± 0.61
Control “7 wks”	7.94 ± 0.44	0.45 ± 0.01	19.09 ± 0.98	17.21 ± 1.24	1.88 ± 0.07	9.15 ± 0.76#	84.06 ± 0.82
Synbiotics “0”	9.44 ± 0.01	0.49 ± 0.01	19.93 ± 0.89	18.78 ± 0.89	1.15 ± 0.15	16.33 ± 1.98	76.98 ± 0.75
Synbiotics “7 wks”	8.68 ± 0.01∗	0.38 ± 0.02∗	25.21 ± 0.12∗∗	24.43 ± 0.97∗	0.78 ± 0.21#	31.32 ± 1.99∗∗	86.89 ± 0.68#
Female control “0”	7.03 ± 0.11	0.36 ± 0.03	18.36 ± 0.23	18.13 ± 0.45	1.37 ± 0.04	13.23 ± 0.89	79.43 ± 0.11
Female control “7 wks”	7.58 ± 0.12	0.45 ± 0.02	19.28 ± 0.10	17.21 ± 0.11	1.83 ± 0.03	9.40 ± 0.67	80.93 ± 0.13
Female synbiotic “0”	9.24 ± 0.22	0.49 ± 0.01	18.99 ± 0.21	19.78 ± 0.24	1.17 ± 0.01	16.08 ± 0.87	77.04 ± 1.23
Female synbiotic “7 wks”	8.20 ± 0.10∗	0.36 ± 0.01∗∗	26.68 ± 0.45∗∗	28.61 ± 0.19∗∗	0.81 ± 0.06∗∗	35.32 ± 0.69	90.99 ± 0.19∗∗
Male control “0”	7.60 ± 0.40	0.38 ± 0.02	18.46 ± 0.40	16.13 ± 0.42	1.23 ± 0.10	14.09 ± 0.41	85.73 ± 0.41
Male control “7 wks”	8.30 ± 0.20	0.40 ± 0.01	18.91 ± 0.20	17.21 ± 0.20	1.92 ± 0.09	8.96 ± 0.90	87.19 ± 0.20
Male synbiotic “0”	9.65 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.02	20.87 ± 0.10	18.78 ± 0.14	1.13 ± 0.06	16.62 ± 0.65	76.91 ± 1.11
Male synbiotic “7 wks”	9.15 ± 0.10#	0.44 ± 0.05	23.74 ± 0.11∗	19.94 ± 0.10#	0.75 ± 0.07∗	25.59 ± 0.14	82.79 ± 0.17∗