Table 8.

SOD, CAT, and GSH-PX activities and MDA level of the control group, diabetic group, metformin group, and SGD group.

	SOD activity (U/ml)	MDA level (nmol/ml)	CAT activity (U/ml)	GSH-PX activity (U/ml)
Control group	449.33 ± 21.99	1.75 ± 0.13	13.87 ± 3.42	576.42 ± 13.37
Diabetic group	388.15 ± 20.22##	3.87 ± 0.52##	4.53 ± 1.91##	338.03 ± 84.16##
Metformin group	415.57 ± 16.23∗	2.49 ± 0.21∗∗	10.94 ± 2.92∗∗	521.89 ± 40.05∗∗
SGD group	414.68 ± 14.34∗	2.44 ± 0.61∗∗	10.52 ± 3.90∗∗	510.92 ± 36.34∗∗

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. ^##P < 0.01 versus the control group; ^∗P < 0.05 versus the diabetic group; ^∗∗P < 0.01 versus the diabetic group.