Table 1.

Effects of eugenol on the hepatic antioxidant system

Parameters	Normal Control	Arsenic Trioxide	Eugenol	Arsenic Trioxide+Eugenol
GSH (µM/g tissue)	52.04±0.72	23.72±1.24a	40.92±0.81	42.38±0.18b
GST(µM of CDNB- GSH conjugate formed/min/mg protein)	2.54±0.56	1.49±0.99a	2.18±0.06	2.72±0.03b
GPx (µg of GSH consumed/min/mg protein)	12.16±3.22	7.38±0.87a	11.08±0.16	8.92±0.01b
CAT (µmoles of H2O2 consumed/min/mg protein)	39.66±0.14	16.07±0.51a	38.00±0.18	33.40±0.11b

GSH: Glutathione; GST: Glutathione S transferase; GPx: Glutathione peroxidase; CAT: Catalase; Table 1 depicts the effects of eugenol on the hepatic antioxidant system. Here the experimental group comprises normal control, arsenic trioxide (4 mg/ kg bwt), eugenol (5 mg/kg bwt), and arsenic trioxide (4 mg/ kg bwt)+eugenol (5 mg/ kg bwt). Data are presented as mean±SD and n=6. ‘a’ indicates a significant difference between the normal control group and the arsenic trioxide group. ‘b’ indicates a significant difference between the arsenic trioxide group and the arsenic trioxide+eugenol group.