Table 3.

Effect of the water-ethanol extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera on some antioxidant markers in vivo.

	Serum concentration of antioxidant markers
GROUPS	SOD	CAT	Glutathionne
	(10−4 nUI/mg of Prot.)	(UI/mg of Prot.)	(μmol/l)
Control	35.86 ± 0.90a	87.50 ± 7.17a	5.15 ± 0.59a
CCl4 2 mL/kg (i.p)	29.38 ± 1.02b	15.09 ± 1.24b	2.97 ± 0.42b
CCl4 + 50 mg/kg	44.05 ± 6.18c	36.87 ± 5.07c	4.29 ± 0.65a
CCl4 + 100 mg/kg	50.48 ± 2.75d	58.36 ± 8.03d	6.69 ± 0.68c

Values are expressed as mean ± SD of five replicates. In the same column, the values affected with different letter are significantly different at p<0.05; Extract:water-ethanol extract of T. tetraptera fruits