Table 2.
Groups | Control | MNNG | VA | VA + MNNG (pre-treatment) | MNNG + VA (co-treatment) |
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TBARS (plasma) (mmol/dl) |
2.08 ± 0.18a | 5.34 ± 0.45d | 2.02 ± 0.15a | 2.85 ± 0.17b | 3.55 ± 0.30c |
TBARS (endometrium) (mmol/mg tissue) |
144.98 ± 7.41c | 111.32 ± 9.87a | 135.13 ± 7.08c | 138.45 ± 8.23c | 124.09 ± 9.74b |
LOOH (plasma) (mmol/dl) |
0.8 ± 0.06a | 2.22 ± 0.12e | 0.09 ± 0.06b | 1.34 ± 0.07c | 2.03 ± 0.14d |
LOOH (endometrium) (mmol/mg tissue) |
97.04 ± 7.83a | 145.89 ± 11.05d | 101.56 ± 5.54a | 119.56 ± 6.40b | 134.67 ± 7.53c |
Cytochrome p450 Ua/mg protein |
9.32 ± 0.50a | 20.23 ± 1.28c | 11.25 ± 0.73a | 12.41 ± 5.23a | 16.09 ± 0.89b |
SOD (plasma) mg/dl |
9.49 ± 0.59e | 4.48 ± 0.32a | 6.30 ± 0.46c | 7.39 ± 0.39d | 5.65 ± 0.41b |
SOD (endometrium) Ub/mg protein |
12.61 ± 0.64e | 7.72 ± 0.39a | 11.82 ± 0.65d | 10.45 ± 0.54c | 8.79 ± 0.50b |
CAT (plasma) mg/dl |
0.82 ± 0.06c | 0.54 ± 0.04a | 0.78 ± 0.06c | 0.71 ± 0.05b | 0.65 ± 0.06b |
CAT (endometrium) Uc/mg protein |
2.71 ± 0.15d | 0.98 ± 0.06a | 2.08 ± 0.12c | 1.96 ± 0.10c | 1.75 ± 0.12b |
GPx (plasma) mg/dl |
0.92 ± 0.05c | 0.57 ± 0.03a | 0.85 ± 0.05c | 0.87 ± 0.06c | 0.79 ± 0.07b |
GPx (endometrium) Ua/mg protein |
25.21 ± 1.52c | 18.63 ± 1.01a | 24.08 ± 1.69c | 22.14 ± 1.40b | 20.39 ± 1.23d |
GSH (plasma) mg/dl |
53.32 ± 2.89d | 20.74 ± 1.56a | 46.03 ± 3.22c | 47.01 ± 3.29c | 39.56 ± 2.34b |
GSH (endometrium) mg/100 g of tissue |
1.54 ± 0.11c | 0.91 ± 0.06a | 1.60 ± 0.11c | 1.34 ± 0.09b | 1.29 ± 0.07d |
Vitamin C (plasma) mg/dl |
3.43 ± 0.19d | 1.25 ± 0.09a | 3.24 ± 0.19c | 3.04 ± 0.21b,c | 2.84 ± 0.22d |
Vitamin C (endometrium) mg/100 g of tissue |
10.54 ± 0.67d | 5.09 ± 0.32a | 10.12 ± 0.60d | 8.77 ± 0.70c | 7.95 ± 0.55b |
Vitamin E (plasma) mg/dl |
2.50 ± 0.15d | 0.89 ± 0.05a | 2.95 ± 0.17e | 1.94 ± 0.11c | 1.12 ± 0.07b |
Vitamin E (endometrium) mg/100 g of tissue |
8.43 ± 0.57d | 4.09 ± 0.24a | 9.84 ± 0.59e | 7.49 ± 0.39c | 6.14 ± 0.41b |
Ua = µg of GPx utilized/min. Ub = enzyme concentration required to inhibit the NBT to 10 % reduction in 1 min. Uc = µmole of H2O2 consumed/min. Values are means ± SD from six rats in each group. Values not sharing a common superscript differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT)