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. 2018 Jan 15;12(1):72–80. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2018.5160

Table 4.

Effect of curcumin and quercetin on Cyp and Del-induced changes in lipid peroxidation, non- enzymatic and enzymatic antioxidants


Parameter Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G

LPO (nmoles MDA/hours/gtissue) 3.165 ± 0.2749 7.68 ± 0.166q** 5.726 ± 0.148r** 9.145 ± 0.489** 7.725 ± 0.319q* * 7.2 ± 0.402r** 4.675 ± 0.309r*
GSH(µmole/g tissue) 2.920 ± 0.288 1.735 ± 1.145r** 1.986 ± 0.224r** 0.706 ± 0.071** 1.566 ± 0.03827r** 1.323 ± 0.0388q** 2.725 ± 0.1385r
SOD (nmole/minutes/mg protein) 31.911 ± 1.262 17.648 ± 1.631r** 22.858 ± 1.474r** 10.631 ± 0.5518** 21.726 ± 0.9145r** 19.453 ± 1.170r** 28.874 ± 0.7624r
CAT(µ mole/minutes/mg protein) 74.14 ± 1.193 47.62 ± 1.335r** 60.596 ± 1.295r** 36.538 ± 1.331** 69.521 ± 0.659r* 69.123 ± 0.620r* 72.00 ± 0.7857r
GPx (nmole/minutes/mg protein) 8.396 ± 1.005 5.346 ± 0.715q* 6.613 ± 0.774q 3.728 ± 0.760** 6.531 ± 0.771q 6.083 ± 0.736q 8.073 ± 0.719r
GR (nmole/minutes/mg 3.553 ± 0.339 2.418 ± 0.250q* 2.808 ± 0.2778r 1.366 ± 0.1686** 2.635 ± 0.185r* 2.566 ± 0.2008r* 3.326 ± 0.1578r
GST (µmole/minutes/mg protein) 91.015 ± 0.681 84.471 ± 1.141r** 86.823 ± 0.775r* 74.973 ± 1.284** 78.153 ± 0.673p** 77.906 ± 0.741p** 83.038 ± 0.791r**

Data are presented as mean ± SEM of 6 rats in each group.

Cyp; Cypermethrin, Del; Deltamethrin, •; P>0.05, *; P<0.05, **; P<0.01 compared with group A, p; P>0.05, q; P<0.05, r; P<0.01 compared with group D, Group A; Control, B; Cyp, C; Del, D; Cyp+Del, E; Cyp+Del+curcumin, F; Cyp+Del+quercetin, and G; Cyp+Del+curcumin+quercetin.