. 2022 Aug 14;11(16):2114. doi: 10.3390/plants11162114

Table 2.

Total protein content (rTP), catalytic activities, and concentrations of liver antioxidant enzymes in rats exposed to different doses of N. cataria extracts and CCl₄.

Groups	rTP (g/L)	rSOD (U/mg)	rTBARS (nmol/mg)	rCAT (U/mg)	rGSH (mg/g)
I	¹ 28.39 ± 0.14	5.38 ± 0.03	2.19 ± 0.02	131.33 ± 0.15	16.04 ± 0.12
II	27.07 ± 0.12	2.45 ± 0.05 *	10.51 ± 0.14 *	106.43 ± 0.3 *	6.39 ± 0.16 *
III	30.01 ± 0.17	4.05 ± 0.11 *^†	1.26 ± 0.08 ^†	128.97 ± 0.08 ^†	13.22 ± 0.20 *^†
IV	26.13 ± 0.23	4.29 ± 0.02 *^†	2.39 ± 0.09 ^†	127.57 ± 0.10 ^†	13.52 ± 0.12 *^†
V	25.90 ± 0.34	4.31 ± 0.06 *^†	1.33 ± 0.08 *^†	124.31 ± 0.15 *^†	14.79 ± 0.13 *^†
VI	27.61 ± 0.24	3.26 ± 0.06 *^†	2.24 ± 0.02 ^†	113.07 ± 0.23 *^†	10.63 ± 0.14 *^†
VII	34.19 ± 0.17	3.26 ± 0.08 *^†	1.88 ± 0.03 ^†	114.34 ± 0.22 *^†	11.44 ± 0.02 *^†
VIII	27.48 ± 0.41	3.28 ± 0.09 *^†	1.52 ± 0.06 *^†	120.93 ± 0.11 *^†	12.01 ± 0.18 *^†
IX	28.17 ± 0.28	3.41 ± 0.04 *^†	2.81 ± 0.09 *^†	113.65 ± 0.28 *^†	12.18 ± 0.08 *^†
X	25.23 ± 0.16	3.65 ± 0.02 *^†	1.82 ± 0.07 ^†	126.40 ± 0.13 ^†	13.26 ± 0.06 *^†
XI	28.88 ± 0.13	3.09 ± 0.07 *^†	2.93 ± 0.05 *^†	119.32 ± 0.19 *^†	12.18 ± 0.03 *^†
XII	27.78 ± 0.23	3.31 ± 0.08 *^†	4.31 ± 0.07 *^†	123.80 ± 0.16 *^†	12.79 ± 0.21 *^†
XIII	29.56 ± 0.16	3.11 ± 0.09 *^†	5.08 ± 0.10 *^†	115.25 ± 0.20 *^†	11.61 ± 0.13 *^†
XIV	27.70 ± 0.32	3.25 ± 0.01 *^†	4.99 ± 0.05 *^†	124.34 ± 0.14 *^†	12.18 ± 0.09 *^†

I, Control group, animals treated orally for five days with distilled water and then intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with 1 mL/kg body weight (bwt) in olive oil; II, CCl₄ 1 mL/kg i.p.; III, N.cataria FME 200 mg/kg; IV, N.cataria LME 200 mg/kg; V, N.cataria SME 200 mg/kg; VI, N. cataria FME 50 mg/kg+CCl₄; VII, N. cataria FME 100 mg/kg+CCl₄; VIII, N. cataria FME 200 mg/kg+CCl₄; IX, N. cataria LME 50 mg/kg+CCl₄; X, N. cataria LME 100 mg/kg+CCl₄; XI, N. cataria LME 200 mg/kg+CCl₄; XII, N. cataria SME 50 mg/kg+CCl₄; XIII, N. cataria SME 100 mg/kg+CCl₄; XIV, N. cataria SME 200 mg/kg+CCl₄; ¹ Values represent mean ± SEM from three independent experiments; n = 5 rats per group; * p < 0.05 when compared with the negative control group; ^† p < 0.05 when compared with the CCl₄ control group. Results are presented as equivalents of total protein concentration.