Table 3.

Effect of cigarette smoke and/ or AT on pulmonary antioxidant defence system in male balb/c mice over 6 weeks of treatment

Parameters	Sham	Smoked	AT	Smoked + AT
LPO	16.03 ± 0.38	25.60 ± 0.49a3	14.37 ± 0.33c2	19.01 ± 0.46b3d2
GSH	3.06 ± 0.03	2.54 ± 0.03a3	3.97 ± 0.04	2.65 ± 0.02'b2
Catalase	28.6 ± 0.95	38.65 ± 1.76a2	36.02 ± 2.58c1	41.33 ± 2.04b1
GSH-Px	9.17 ± 0.13	16.73 ± 0.60a3	6.52 ± 0.42c2	11.34 ± 0.87b2d2
GR	7.58 ± 0.26	12.75 ± 0.49a3	11.21 ± 0.10c3	12.19 ± 0.09b3
SOD	2.71 ± 0.06	2.78 ± 0.13	2.77 ± 0.38	2.97 ± 0.46

Values are in mean ± SD, n = 6–8 ^*Same as in Table 1