Table 3.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | |
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SOD (units/mg protein) | |||||
Heart | 7.59 ± 1.897 | 11.16 ± 1.17a | 14.36 ± 1.14a++,b+ | 13.25 ± 1.71a++,b | 16.32 ± 2.28a++,b++ |
Kidney | 16.51 ± 1.67 | 13.75 ± 2.41a | 15.97 ± 1.06b | 17.61 ± 1.95b | 16.81 ± 0.79b |
GST (μmole/mg protein) | |||||
Heart | 0.031 ± 0.01 | 0.015 ± 0.01a | 0.029 ± 0.003b | 0.03 ± 0.01b+ | 0.029 ± 0.01b |
Kidney | 0.046 ± 0.01 | 0.023 ± 0.01a | 0.041 ± 0.005b | 0.042 ± 0.01b | 0.04 ± 0.01b |
GSH (μmole/mg protein) | |||||
Heart | 123.4 ± 3.82 | 119.1 ± 3.23a+ | 122.2 ± 2.57b | 129.0 ± 6.06a+,b++ | 123.7 ± 5.17b |
Kidney | 194.1 ± 11.18 | 282.6 ± 33.53a++,b++ | 155.3 ± 15.47a++,b++ | 139.1 ± 9.72a++,b++ | 130.3 ± 5.35a++,b++ |
Note; results in the table above are in Mean ± standard deviation of each group of five guinea pigs. aP < 0.05 compared with group A; a+P < 0.01 compared with group A; a++P < 0.001 compared with group A; bP < 0.05 compared with group B; b+P < 0.01 compared with group B; b++P < 0.001 compared with group B.