Table 2.
Cardiac antioxidant and oxidative stress markers in diabetic rats and effect of resveratrol administration.
| Parameters | CON | DIA | DIA + RESV |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBARS (uM/ gm weight of tissue) | 559.57 ± 26.44 | 707.53 ± 26.32 # | 576.29 ± 4.09 ** |
| ROS (%) | 100 | 160.18 ± 1.87 ## | 95.24 ± 1.07 ** |
| DPPH (% scavenging) | 26.68 ± 2.30 | 18.61 ± 1.43 # | 27.86 ± 5.01 * |
| GSH (ng/mg of protein) | 398.23 ± 6.00 | 378.67 ± 5.34 # | 417.50 ± 12.58 * |
| Catalase (mU/ug of protein) | 1.85 ± 0.11 | 1.04 ± 0.28 # | 3.26 ± 0.52 ** |
| SOD (% activity) | 100 | 68.84 ± 2.53 ## | 81.51 ± 3.62 * |
Data are the mean ± SE of individual data sets. # p < 0.05; ## p < 0.01 vs. CON and * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; vs. DIA (n = 8).