Table 6.

Effect of cadmium and P. oleracea ethanolic extract on SOD, CAT, GPx and MDA.

	SOD (U/mgp)	CAT (U/mgp)	GPx (U/mgp)	MDA (nmol/mgp)
Control	8.31 ± 0.15	4.3 ± 0.01	6.43 ± 0.2	14.53 ± 0.2
PEE (2 mg/kg bw)	7.64 ± 0.04	4.1 ± 0.08	5.34 ± 0.2	14.31 ± 0.25
Cadmium (3.5 mg/kg bw)	5.55 ± 0.4*	3.04 ± 0.15*	2.44 ± 0.1*	20.12 ± 0.4*
PEE (2 mg/kg bw) + Cadmium (3.5 mg/kg bw)	7.50 ± 0.1	3.4 ± 0.25	3.86 ± 0.3	16.41 ± 1.06

Each measurement was done at least in triplicate and the values are the means ± SD for eight rats in each group;

PEE = purslane ethanolic extract; SOD = superoxide dismutase; CAT = catalase; GPx = glutathione Peroxidase MDA = Malondialdehyde.

^*P < 0.05 significantly different from the normal control group.