Research Article
Evaluation of the In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Potentials of Aframomum melegueta Methanolic Seed Extract
Table 2
The in vivo antioxidant effects of AME in rats (mean ± SEM).
| Group | Catalase (μmol/mg protein) | MDA (nmol/mg protein) | SOD (unit/mL) |
| Distilled water 10 mL/kg | 16.80 ± 10.84 | 0.104 ± 0.01 | 11.00 ± 0.58 | AME 100 mg/kg | 35.29 ± 11.70 | 0.103 ± 0.05 | 14.00 ± 0.58* | AME 200 mg/kg | 47.51 ± 20.90 | 0.086 ± 0.03 | 18.00 ± 0.58* | AME 400 mg/kg | 128.72 ± 31.27* | 0.016 ± 0.01* | 20.33 ± 0.88* |
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P < 0.05 are statistically significant when compared to distilled water treated group.
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