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Table 3.

Antioxidant enzymes and malondialdehyde levels of alloxan-induced diabetic rats orally administered chromatographic fractions of C. albidum stem bark.

Treatment Group	SOD (unit/mg protein)	Catalase (unit/mg protein)	Malondialdehyde (nmol/L)
Control	4.924 ± 0.68^a	334.216 ± 37.02^a	2.062 ± 0.77^a
DR + 1 ml of DW	0.764 ± 0.19^b	123.183 ± 25.08^b	3.763 ± 0.48^b
DR + 2.5 mg/kg b. wt of glibenclamide	2.517 ± 0.36^c	194.885 ± 23.04^c	2.43 ± 0.55^a
DR + 2.5 mg/kg b. wt of F 5	2.761 ± 0.36^c	266.699 ± 41.22^d	1.96 ± 0.45^a
DR + 2.5 mg/kg b. wt of F7	4.395 ± 0.26^a	346.162 ± 82.08^a	2.03 ± 0.16^a

Values are means of ten replicates ± SEM.

Values with different superscripts are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05).

Where

Control = non-diabetic rats receiving 1 ml of distilled water; DC = diabetic rats receiving 1 ml of distilled water; RD = diabetic rats receiving standard drug; F5 = diabetic rats receiving chromatographic fraction 5; F7 = diabetic rats receiving chromatographic fraction 7