Table 1.

Primers used for quantitative real-time PCR.

Gene	Forward	Reverse
SOD 1	5’-CGGTTGAGATAGACAGG-3’	5’-TTAAGTGGTCTTGCACTCG-3’
CAT	5’-GCGGATTCCTGAGAGAGTGGTAC-3’	5’-GCCTGACTCTCCAGCGACTGTGGAG-3’
nNOS α	5’—CCCAACGTCATTTCTGTCCGT-3’	5’-TCTACCAGGGGCCGATCATT-3’
GCH-1	5’-GAGCATCACCTTGTTCCATTTG −3’	5’-GCCAAGTTTACTGAGACCAAGGA −3’
ER α	5’—CCCGCCTTCTACAGGTCTAAT-3’	5’-CTTTCTCGTTACTGCTGGACAG-3’
ER β	5’-CTGTGATGAACTACAGTGTTCCC	5’-CACATTTGGGCTTGCAGTCTG-3’
β-actin	5’-TGGAATCCTGTGGCATCCATGAAAC-3’	5’-TAAAACGCAGCTCAGTAACAGTCCG-3’