Figure 2.

Antioxidant defenses and glycoxidative stress biomarkers in the plasma of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats after 45 days of treatment with yoghurt enriched with curcumin, alone or in combination with aminoguanidine. Activity of PON 1 (a) and levels of fluorescent AGEs (b), PCO (c), TBARS (d), and NO_x (e). Values are expressed as the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) (n = 10). Differences between groups were considered significant at p < 0.05 and were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by the Student-Newman-Keuls test. ^ADifferences to NYOG. ^BDifferences to DYOG. ^CDifferences to DINS. ^DDifferences to DC. ^EDifferences to DA-50.