Prophylactic Effects of Ethanolic Extract of Irvingia gabonensis Stem Bark against Cadmium-Induced Toxicity in Albino Rats

Table 3

Changes in the levels of lipid peroxidation in cadmium-induced toxicity rats treated with ethanolic extract of Irvingia gabonensis.

Treatments	Liver (mol MDA/mg protein)	Heart (mol MDA/mg protein)	Serum (mol MDA/mg protein)
Control	1.52 ± 0.01	2.05 ± 0.02	2.82 ± 0.08
Cadmium untreated	3.18 ± 0.02*	4.11 ± 0.03*	4.21 ± 0.06*
Cadmium + 200 mg/kg	1.27 ± 0.06**	1.53 ± 0.04**	2.52 ± 0.56**
Cadmium + 400 mg/kg	1.46 ± 0.05**	1.85 ± 0.02**	2.04 ± 0.35**

Values are means ± s.e.m. of 5 animals per group; cadmium treated = Irvingia gabonensis at 200 mg/kg; cadmium treated = Irvingia gabonensis at 400 mg/kg; *significantly different from control (); **significantly different from cadmium untreated ().