Table 3.

Effects of Mn exposure and SSZ pretreatment on ROS and GSH levels in astrocytes.

Group	ROS (μmol/g pro)	GSH (μmol/g pro)
Control	191.51 ± 3.36	23.49 ± 5.37
100 μM MnCl2	199.62 ± 6.74	20.61 ± 6.72
200 μM MnCl2	254.69 ± 9.74∗∗	17.97 ± 3.12∗
400 μM MnCl2	296.46 ± 8.19∗∗	16.18 ± 3.11∗∗
200 μM SSZ + 400 μM MnCl2	324.86 ± 4.55∗∗##	10.16 ± 0.71∗∗#
1 mM NAC + 400 μM MnCl2	218.49 ± 7.04∗∗##	20.61 ± 5.79#

Data are mean ± SD; n = 6 each. ^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01 denote statistical significance compared with the control group; ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01 denote statistical significance compared with the MnCl₂ alone group.