Table 3.

Effect of Cardamom oil on brain oxidative stress parameters in cortex.

Group	MDA (nmol mg protein−1)	GSH (μmol mg protein−1)	SOD (U mg protein−1*100)	CAT (nmol of H2O2 decomposed min−1 mg protein)
Normal control	3.924 ± 0.5230	11.050 ± 0.6864	8.94 ± 0.66	8.2 ± 0.3
AlCl3	6.793 ± 0.6333###	4.643 ± 0.4799###	4.70 ± 0.47###	3.7 ± 0.5###
AlCl3 + Donepezil HCl (1mg/kg)	3.143 ± 0.3242***	7.140 ± 0.6050*	7.56 ± 0.35**	9.1 ± 0.7***
AlCl3 + Cardamom oil (100 mg/kg)	4.994 ± 0.4586*	6.854 ± 0.4486*	7.40 ± 0.65*	5.0 ± 0.8
AlCl3 + Cardamom oil (200 mg/kg)	3.134 ± 0.1432***	8.159 ± 0.5251***	7.61 ± 0.54**	6.8 ± 0.5**

Data are expressed as mean ± S. E. M. (n = 6),

^###p < 0.001 when compared with normal control,

^***p < 0.001,

^**p < 0.01,

^*p < 0.05 when compared with disease control group.