Table 4.

Concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and redox ratios in the liver of the rats of the four experimental groups (NA: normal diet and water, NL: normal diet and tomato juice as drink, HA: hypercholesterolemic and high-fat diet and water, and HL: hypercholesterolemic and high-fat diet and tomato juice). ^1.

Parameters	NA	NL	HA	HL
MDA (nmol/mg of protein)	0.028 ± 0.003 b	0.031 ± 0.003 b	0.10± 0.02 a	0.12 ± 0.02 a
GSH/GSSG	0.188 ± 0.028 b	0.252 ± 0.030 a	0.114 ± 0.022 c	0.136 ± 0.017 c
NAD/NADH	2.3 ± 0.44	2.09 ± 0.49	2.76 ± 0.62	2.93 ± 0.89

¹ Values are given as mean ± SD. ^a,b Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences for p < 0.05.