Table 3.

Effects of ALCAR on reactive oxygen species in serum of AS rats (χ̄±s).

Group	SOD (U/ml)	GHS-Px (U/ml)	MDA (nmol/ml)
Control	62.15±8.21	146.38±16.52	1.94±0.21
AS	38.13±4.59**	115.52±15.31**	2.66±0.29**
ALCAR	65.88±7.82	162.89±18.46	1.86±0.26
AS+ALCAR	44.18±4.28#	133.62±14.76#	2.13±0.19##

Compared with control group,

^**P<0.01;

Compared with AS group,

^#P<0.05 and

^##P<0.01.