The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats

Table 6

Effect of barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on liver tissue lipid peroxidation and antioxidants enzymes in hypercholesterolemic male rats.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
liver tissue		−ve control	+ve control	5% barley bran	10% barley bran
MDA; nmol/g.; liver tissue	Mean ± SE	3.10 ± 0.09^a	13.01 ± 0.20^d	9.21 ± 0.23^b	5.41 ± 0.09^c
	LSD 0.05 = 0.475
	-test
Catalase (CAT); U/g. liver tissue	Mean ± SE	25.93 ± 0.90^a	4.01 ± 0.21^d	9.46 ± 0.33^c	14.45 ± 0.47^b
	LSD 0.05 = 1.549
	-test
Superoxide dismutase (SOD); U/g. liver tissue	Mean ± SE	111.68 ± 3.04^a	64.46 ± 4.01^d	76.19 ± 3.30^c	95.86 ± 29.81^b
	LSD 0.05 = 8.133
	-test
Glutathione reduced (GSH) U/g. liver tissue	Mean ± SE	66.88 ± 1.78^a	26.81 ± 1.08^d	34.28 ± 0.59^c	46.71 ± 0.47^b
	LSD 0.05 = 3.714
	-test
Glutathione reductase (GR) U/g. liver tissue	Mean ± SE	780.47 ± 13.64^a	342.90 ± 8.48^d	389.22 ± 16.67^c	549.27 ± 22.67^b
	LSD 0.05 = 51.271
	-test

Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; ^***. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference.