Table 2.

Effect of Spirulina fusiformis on SOD, catalase, TBARS, liver glycogen against STZ-induced rats

Parameters	SOD (Units/min/mg protein)		Catalase (Units/min/mg protein)		TBARS (mM/TBARS/100 g of wet tissue)		Liver glycogen (mg glycogen/g liver tissue)
	Liver	Kidney	Liver	Kidney	Liver	Kidney	Liver
Group I	74.50 ± 0.85	71.41 ± 0.89	94.33 ± 1.59	89.51 ± 1.27	1.08 ± 0.09	0.99 ± 0.03	9.65 ± 0.70
Group II	38.23 ± 0.80a*	36.82 ± 0.99a*	50.58 ± 1.55a*	48.84 ± 1.05a*	2.07 ± 0.15a*	1.95 ± 0.12a*	5.97 ± 0.63a*
Group III	57.16 ± 1.35a*b*	55.25 ± 1.41a*b*	75.12 ± 1.91a*b*	60.48 ± 1.74a*b*	1.24 ± 0.10b*	1.06 ± 0.10b*	8.12 ± 0.02a*b*
Group IV	58.25 ± 0.51a*b*	56.20 ± 0.63a*b*	76.31 ± 1.44a*b*	63.76 ± 0.94a*b*c*	1.31 ± 0.12b*	1.13 ± 0.07b*	7.25 ± 0.38a*b*
Group V	75.23 ± 1.40b*c*d*	73.12 ± 1.38b*c*d*	97.51 ± 1.45b*c*d*	93.42 ± 0.81a*b*c*d*	0.97 ± 0.08b*c*d*	1.01 ± 0.12b*	10.19 ± 0.31b*c*d*

Each value represents the mean ± SD of six rats. Comparisons were made as follows: a-group I vs groups II, III, IV, V; b-group II vs group III, IV,V; c-group III vs group IV, V; d-group IV vs group V. The symbols represent statistical significance at *P < 0. 05. Statistical analysis was calculated by one-way ANOVA followed by the Student Newman–Keul’s test