Table 2.

Protection of vitamin C from oxidative damage in liver.

Indicators	Classification	KI $(\overline{\mathsf{\chi }} \pm \mathbf{S})$ (n = 15)	KIO3 $(\overline{\mathsf{\chi }} \pm \mathbf{S})$ (n = 15)	p
TAOC U/mgprot	NI	0.45 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.06	0.486
	HI	0.48 ± 0.08	0.45 ± 0.07	0.217
	HI + LC	0.46 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.09	0.902
	HI + HC	0.49 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.07	0.838
	p	0.242	0.113
CAT U/mgprot	NI	26.93 ± 11.12	21.62 ± 10.43	0.189
	HI	22.60 ± 10.85	22.73 ± 12.24	0.976
	HI + LC	28.65 ± 9.20	23.52 ± 7.25	0.101
	HI + HC	25.08 ± 10.93	23.33 ± 8.52	0.628
	p	0.404	0.951
SOD U/mgprot	NI	101.88 ± 17.58	106.65 ± 19.36	0.486
	HI	100.20 ± 15.77	103.96 ± 15.61	0.517
	HI + LC	97.59 ± 10.82	99.18 ± 11.35	0.698
	HI + HC	104.65 ± 12.57	104.96 ± 16.26	0.954
	p	0.542	0.575
MDA nmol/mgprot	NI	0.86 ± 0.16	0.92 ± 0.16	0.512
	HI	0.89 ± 0.13	0.86 ± 0.10	0.217
	HI + LC	1.08 ± 0.24	1.09 ± 0.36	0.713
	HI + HC	0.96 ± 0.25	0.86 ± 0.09	0.174
	p	0.023 * HI + LC > NI, HI, HI + HC	0.058
GSH-Px U/mgprot	NI	459.81 ± 133.67	444.52 ± 78.29	0.706
	HI	439.16 ± 89.81	472.77 ± 119.85	0.392
	HI + LC	430.91 ± 131.21	444.88 ± 107.96	0.753
	HI + HC	454.28 ± 105.77	454.78 ± 114.50	0.990
	p	0.905	0.886

Note: * represents p value being lower than 0.05.