Table 6.
The effect of combining Ivermectin injection with turmeric extract supplementation on the serum antioxidants status.
| Treatments | Blood Antioxidants Parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | TBARS (U/mL) | TAC (U/mL) |
SOD (U/mL) | GSH-Px (mU/mg) | |
| Control | 7 | 4.36 b | 2.29 a | 23.66 a | 537.1 a |
| 30 | 4.37 b | 2.30 a | 23.78 a | 541.3 a | |
| IVM | 7 | 6.01 a | 1.77 b | 19.11 b | 256.8 c |
| 30 | 5.71 a | 1.87 b | 20.15 b | 355.6 c | |
| IVM + 1 mg TE | 7 | 6.11 a | 1.79 b | 18.70 b | 344.8 b |
| 30 | 4.25 b | 2.45 a | 24.36 a | 539.9 a | |
| IVM + 2 mg TE | 7 | 6.36 a | 2.05 a | 18.65 b | 356.2 b |
| 30 | 3.18 b | 2.61 a | 23.71 a | 602.1 a | |
| SEM | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.85 | |
| p-value | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.004 | |
a–c Means within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). TBAR, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; SOD, superoxidase dismutase; GSH-Px, glutathion peroxidase; IVM, Ivermectin; TE, turmeric extract. Number of observations = 84, with 21 rabbits/group.