Table 1.

Primers for real-time PCR.

Gene	Primer Orientation	Nucleotide Sequence
b-actin	forward	5′-AGAGCTATGAGCTGCCTGACG-3′
	reverse	5′-CCGCAAGATTCCATACCCA-3′
Oxidative stress pathway genes
sod1	forward	5′-GGCCAACCGATAGTGTTAGA-3′
	reverse	5′-CCAGCGTTGCCAGTTTTTAG-3′
cat	forward	5′-AGGGCAACTGGGATCTTACA-3′
	reverse	5′-TTTATGGGACCAGACCTTGG-3′
gstp2	forward	5′-CACAGACCTCGCTTTTCACAC-3′
	reverse	5′-GAGAGAAGCCTCACAGTCGT-3′
Nrf2	forward	5′-TCGGGTTTGTCCCTAGATG-3′
	reverse	5′-AGGTTTGGAGTGTCCGCTA-3′
Apoptosis pathway genes
casp-3	forward	5′-CCGCTGCCCATCACTA-3′
	reverse	5′-ATCCTTTCACGACCATCT-3′
Bax	forward	5′-GGCTATTTCAACCAGGGTTCC-3′
	reverse	5′-TGCGAATCACCAATGCTGT-3′
bcl-2	forward	5′-TCACTCGTTCAGACCCTCAT-3′
	reverse	5′-ACGCTTTCCACGCACAT-3′
casp-9	forward	5′-AAATACATAGCAAGGCAACC-3′
	reverse	5′-CACAGGGAATCAAGAAAGG-3′