Table 4.

Oxidative stress indices in the female offspring of dexamethasone (DEX) and Allium cepa (A.cepa) treated lactating Wistar rats.

	SOD activities (U/mg protein)	Catalase Activities (U/mg protein)	MDA level μM/mg protein
Control	1342 ​± ​44.77	1.05 ​± ​0.08	25.28 ​± ​3.40
A.cepa	1101 ​± ​107.4	1.45 ​± ​0.09	15.75 ​± ​1.50
Dex	689.3 ​± ​100.3 a,b	0.92 ​± ​0.11b	48.70 ​± ​3.24a,b
Dex ​+ ​A.cepa	926.2 ​± ​36.36 a,c	1.22 ​± ​0.03a,c	39.33 ​± ​3.22a,b,c

Data represent mean ​± ​SEM. n ​= ​5. ^ap<0.05 when compared with the control group. ^bp ​< ​0.05 when compared with the Allium cepa treated group. ^cp ​< ​0.05 when compared with the dexamethasone treated group. Analysis was based on one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Turkey post hoc test.