Table 3.

Effect of Spirulina fusiformis on GST, Gpx, GSH against STZ-induced rats

Parameters	Glutathione-S-transferase (nmol of CDNB–GSH conjugate formed/min/mg protein)		Glutathione peroxidase (μg of GSH utilized/min/mg protein)		Reduced glutathione (nmol/mg protein)
	Liver	Kidney	Liver	Kidney	Liver	Kidney
Group I	93.80 ± 0.31	88.78 ± 0.21	67.10 ± 0.59	70.41 ± 0.65	51.53 ± 0.59	48.76 ± 0.67
Group II	47.79 ± 0.04a*	50.13 ± 0.94a*	29.08 ± 0.14a*	33.65 ± 0.72a*	25.22 ± 0.20a*	26.40 ± 0.53a*
Group III	86.67 ± 0.09a*b*	87.09 ± 0.01b*	65.90 ± 0.65a*b*	69.19 ± 0.91b*	53.43 ± 0.10b*	42.08 ± 0.76b*
Group IV	92.21 ± 0.24a*b*c*	85.81 ± 0.43a*b*	61.45 ± 0.23b*c*	64.05 ± 0.76b*	48.51 ± 0.46b*c*	45.89 ± 0.10a*c*
Group V	90.23 ± 0.11b*d*	90.02 ± 0.71a*d*	66.82 ± 0.70a*b*c*d*	71.32 ± 0.18b*c*d*	54.83 ± 0.32a*c*d*	40.45 ± 0.05b*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