Table 5. Changes in oxidative/antioxidant parameters of antioxidant enzymes in pancreatic tissues of control and treated male rats with quercetin, quercetin/Zn, or stem cells and their combinations.
| Groups | Parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic Catalase (U/g) | Pancreatic SOD (U/g) | Pancreatic MDA (U/g) | Pancreatic GRx (U/g) | Pancreatic GST (U/g) | |
| Control group | 1.78 ± 0.21a | 22.15 ± 1.15ab | 3.45±0.48g | 30.05 ± 1.85a | 21.45 ± 0.82a |
| STZ group | 0.46 ± 0.10e | 7.22 ± 1.35g | 77.15 ± 0.96a | 9.56 ± 1.18g | 5.45 ± 0.58g |
| STZ plus stem cell group | 1.22 ± 0.36d | 13.91 ± 1.58f | 25.42 ± 1.02b | 20.15 ± 1.15f | 8.77 ± 0.18f |
| STZ plus Quercetin (Q) group | 1.40 ± 0.65c | 16.64 ± 2.28e | 20.40 ± 1.47c | 23.15 ± 1.15e | 11.52 ± 1.55de |
| STZ plus Quercetin/Zn (Q/Zn) group | 1.60 ± 0.53b | 18.15 ± 1.35d | 18.36 ± 1.26d | 25.49 ± 1.91d | 14.42 ± 0.47d |
| STZ plus Quercetin (Q) and stem cells | 1.65 ± 0.48b | 19.55 ± 2.16c | 15.26 ± 1.45e | 26.51 ± 1.28c | 16.67 ± 0.66c |
| STZ plus Quercetin /Zn (Q/Zn) and stem cells | 1.75 ± 0.22a | 21.18 ± 2.25b | 10.78 ± 1.25f | 27.78 ±1.58bc | 18.50 ± 0.58b |
Means within the same column (mean ± SE) (n = 10) carrying different letters are significant at P ≤ 0.05. The highest value has the symbol (a) and decreasing in value were assigned alphabetically (While the same symbols are non-significant to each other’s and the different symbols are significant).