Effects of Atrazine on Reproductive Health of Nondiabetic and Diabetic Male Rats

Table 3

Effect of atrazine on blood glucose levels and antioxidant status.

Parameters	NC	NA	DC	DA
Blood glucose^a	89.73 ± 1.05	90.89 ± 3.04	255.33 ± 9.60	268.67 ± 2.89
CAT^b	10.05 ± 1.01	8.30 ± 0.87	8.10 ± 0.75	7.90 ± 0.78
SOD^c	0.41 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.01
GPx^d	12.17 ± 1.11	10.40 ± 0.94	8.00 ± 0.69	8.10 ± 0.82
GSH^e	13.56 ± 1.05	11.03 ± 1.02	8.97 ± 0.93	8.40 ± 0.85
GST^f	0.85 ± 0.05	0.72 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.03

The data are represented as mean ± SD () and evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) confirmed by Tukey’s test. Significant difference () is observed only in blood glucose levels of normal control and normal atrazine treated rats compared with diabetic control and diabetic atrazine treated rats, whereas the other parameters (CAT, SOD, GPx, GSH, and GST) are not significantly differed (). NC: nondiabetic control rats, NA: nondiabetic atrazine treated rats, DC: diabetic control rats, and DA: diabetic atrazine treated rats.
^amg/dL.
^bM of H₂O₂ consumed/min/mg protein.
^cmM pyrogallol oxidized min/mg protein.
^dmol of glutathione (GSH) utilized/min/mg protein.
^eg/dL.
^fmol of 1-chloro-2,4 dinitrobenzene (CDNB)-glutathione(GSH) conjugated/min/mg protein.