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Table 4.

The effect of pearl powder on various oxidative indexes in plasma of healthy subjects.

	Group	TEAC (mM)^*	TBARS (μM)	Thiols (mM)	GSH (μM)	Vit-C (mg/dL)
Baseline	Exp	0.45 ± 0.04^f	4.95 ± 0.52^a	0.23 ± 0.05^a	5.89 ± 0.82^e	2.48 ± 0.17^a
	Placebo	0.48 ± 0.08^a	4.82 ± 0.39^a	0.27 ± 0.04^a	6.16 ± 0.76^a	2.42 ± 0.26^a
2^nd week	Exp	0.52 ± 0.02^e	4.55 ± 0.41^b	0.23 ± 0.04^a	6.92 ± 0.58^d	2.48 ± 0.14^a
	Placebo	0.47 ± 0.08^a	4.83 ± 0.37^a	0.26 ± 0.04^a	6.34 ± 0.69^a	2.42 ± 0.28^a
4^th week	Exp	0.59 ± 0.04^d	4.15 ± 0.36^c	0.25 ± 0.05^a	7.67 ± 0.60^c	2.47 ± 0.13^a
	Placebo	0.44 ± 0.06^a	4.84 ± 0.34^a	0.26 ± 0.03^a	6.22 ± 0.64^a	2.41 ± 0.27^a
6^th week	Exp	0.63 ± 0.04^c	3.87 ± 0.32^d	0.26 ± 0.05^a	8.27 ± 0.53^b	2.47 ± 0.14^a
	Placebo	0.48 ± 0.06^a	4.81 ± 0.36^a	0.26 ± 0.04^a	6.40 ± 0.55^a	2.42 ± 0.25^a
8^th week	Exp	0.66 ± 0.05^b	3.51 ± 0.44^e	0.29 ± 0.05^b	9.19 ± 0.42^a	2.48 ± 0.13^a
	Placebo	0.48 ± 0.07^a	4.84 ± 0.28^a	0.26 ± 0.03^a	5.89 ± 0.82^b	2.41 ± 0.23^a
Follow Up (10th week)	Exp	0.69 ± 0.05^a	3.27 ± 0.34^f	0.29 ± 0.05^b	9.21 ± 0.66^a	2.49 ± 0.11^a
	Placebo	0.49 ± 0.08^a	4.81 ± 0.35^a	0.25 ± 0.04^a	5.93 ± 0.59^b	2.42 ± 0.21^a

Values were expressed as means ± SD. Data within the same column of each group represented by different superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05).