Table 2.
Effect of oral treatment with quercetin on hepatic GPX, SOD and MDA of rats fed AFs-contaminated diet for 3 weeks.
| Parameters | Groups |
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| Control | AFs | QL | QH | AFs + QL | AFs + QH | |
| GPX (U/mg protein) | 23.64 ± 0.72a | 8.07 ± 1.55b | 31.83 ± 0.51c | 45.23 ± 1.03d | 19.24 ± 1.50e | 22.80 ± 2.48a |
| SOD (U/mg protein) | 2.87 ± 0.13a | 1.53 ± 0.11b | 2.76 ± 0.16a | 3.24 ± 0.17c | 2.93 ± 0.12a | 3.01 ± 0.17c |
| MDA (mol/mg protein) | 11.53 ± 1.43a | 28.27 ± 0.38b | 11.73 ± 1.81a | 11.86 ± 1.28a | 14.23 ± 1.51c | 13.52 ± 1.41c |
Data are expressed as mean ± SE; n = 8.
Within each row, means superscripts with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 compared to the control group (a), AFs-treated group (b) and quercetin-treated groups (c and d).