TABLE 1.

Mean level of the malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) in serum and sciatic nerve tissue of rats ± SD in all groups and N = 8 for each group.

	MDA level		SOD level		CAT level
	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
	Serum (μ /ml)	Tissue (n\mg)	Serum (μ /ml)	Tissue (μ /mg)	Serum (μ /ml)	Tissue (kμ /mg)
Sham	0.185 ± 0.024	4.393 ± 1.050	7.380 ± 1.006	1.600 ± 0.20	23.956 ± 0.172	3.135 ± 0.415
Model	0.377 ± 0.031	9.013 ± 1.975	1.396 ± 0.236	0.377 ± 0.070	12.648 ± 0.781	1.092 ± 0.179
Cerebrolysin	0.240 ± 0.210*#$	8.200 ± 1.313*$	2.686 ± 0.427*#$	0.663 ± 0.151*#$	15.567 ± 0.662*#$	1.776 ± 0.294*#$
Dexamethasone	0.280 ± 0.220*#$	6.433 ± 1.424#	4.176 ± 0.296*#$	0.932 ± 0.101*#$	18.231 ± 651*#$	2.405 ± 0.2644*#$
Vitamin C	0.330 ± 0.202*#	5.117 ± 1.340*#	6.272 ± 0.322*#	1.273 ± 0.066*#	20.136 ± 673*#	2.812 ± 0.254*#

*Significance as compared to control, ^#significance as compared to model, and ^$significance as compared to Vit C group. P-value < 0.05.