Table 2.

Myocardial oxidative stress marker and antioxidant enzymes activity after global ischemia-reperfusion

	C (n = 9)	A (n = 10)	p-value
LH (nmol/g tissue)	330 ± 33	208 ± 22	< 0.001
CAT (µmol/g of tissue)	58.5 ± 6.4	70.0 ± 8.9	0.005
SOD (nmol/mg of protein)	5.7 ± 0.4	8.1 ± 0.7	< 0.001
GSH-Px (nmol/mg of tissue)	20.2 ± 3.3	32.8 ± 4.7	< 0.001

C: control group; A: açaí group; LH: lipid hydroperoxide; CAT: catalase; SOD superoxide dismutase; GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidase. Values are expressed as the means ± standard deviation; p-value: t test.