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Table 2.

Effects of l-homocarnosine, l-carnosine, anserine (HCA) on MDA, GSH, SOD, Gpx and catalase in the brain cortical tissue of PTZ-treated OVX rats

Biochemical markers	Sham	Sham + PTZ	Sham + HCA + PTZ	OVX	OVX + PTZ	OVX + HCA + PTZ
MDA (nmol/g)	8.47 ± 0.557	17.44 ± 1.12^a	11.82 ± 0.7^a,b	13.2 ± 0.8^a,b	16.93 ± 1.3^a,c	9.1 ± 0.8^b,c,d,e
GSH (nmol/g)	0.44 ± 0.004	0.19 ± 0.005^a	0.25 ± 0.005^a,b	0.22 ± 0.005^a	0.17 ± 0.005^a,c,d	0.40 ± 0.004^b,c,d,e
SOD (U/g)	305.4 ± 21.2	107.6 ± 8.9^a	199.2 ± 15.6^a,b	145.68 ± 11.5^a,b,c	94.3 ± 8.8^a,b,d	283.5 ± 17.5^b,c,d,e
Gpx (U/g)	0.42 ± 0.007	0.17 ± 0.004^a	0.20 ± 0.009^a	0.18 ± 0.008^a	0.15 ± 0.005^a,c	0.38 ± 0.004^b,c,d,e
Catalase (U/g)	9.3 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.18^a	4.5 ± 0.15^a,b	3.8 ± 0.16^a,b,c	3.2 ± 0.1^a,c	8.9 ± 0.2^b,c,d,e

^a P < 0.05 vs. sham

^b P < 0.05 vs. sham + PTZ

^c P < 0.05 vs. sham + HCA + PTZ

^d P < 0.05 vs. OVX

^e P < 0.05 vs. OVX + PTZ