Table. 3.

Effects of YHHY Decoction treatment on antioxidant parameters in rats breast tissues

Group	SOD (U/mg protein)	GPx (U/mg protein)	CAT (U/mg protein)	MDA (nmol/mg protein)	NOx (μmol/mg protein)
(A) Raw data
A-Control (n = 10)	2.68 ± 0.19	0.23 ± 0.02	624.5 ± 36.9	3.07 ± 0.37	5.84 ± 0.45
B-DMBA (n = 14)	4.12 ± 0.46	0.37 ± 0.06	520.1 ± 29.4	4.18 ± 0.42	8.99 ± 0.64
C-YHHY+DMBA (n = 18)	2.64 ± 0.33	0.19 ± 0.04	531.7 ± 31.7	3.02 ± 0.31	5.79 ± 0.47
D-YHHY (n = 10)	2.78 ± 0.12	0.24 ± 0.02	629.5 ± 29.2	3.19 ± 0.21	5.11 ± 0.39
(B) Statistical comparison
Group A vs B	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
Group B vs C	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.44	< 0.01	< 0.01
Group A vs C	0.41	0.32	< 0.001	0.47	0.38
Group A vs D	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05

SOD superoxide dismutase, GPx glutathione peroxidase, CAT catalase, MDA malondialdehyde, NOx nitrate

(A) Raw data given as mean ± S.E.M. (B) Statistical analysis (Tukey’s two-way comparisons) of the data shown in part A