Table IV.

Gastric tissues SOD, NO and MDA activities of insect tea treated HCl/ethanol-induced gastric injury mice.

Group	SOD (kU/l)	NO (µmol/l)	MDA (µmol/l)
Normal	347.9±40.5	15.2±0.3	17.8±2.1
Control	107.1±24.3a	3.1±0.2a	89.2±4.2a
Raw tea	225.6±31.2a,b	8.2±0.4a,b	50.2±3.6a,b
Insect tea	291.6±25.5a–c	12.2±0.4a–c	32.5±2.3a–c
Ranitidine	321.3±22.6a–d	13.8±0.3a–d	24.7±1.8a–d

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (n=7).

^aP<0.05 vs. normal

^bP<0.05 vs. control

^cP<0.05 vs. raw tea

^dP<0.05 vs. insect tea. SOD, superoxide dismutase; NO, nitric oxide; MDA, malondialdehyde.