Treatment with Aqueous Extract from Croton cajucara Benth Reduces Hepatic Oxidative Stress in Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Biochemical analyses of oxidative stress in liver tissue.

Group	TBARS (nmoles/mg of protein)	SOD (U/mg protein)	CAT (pmoles/mg protein)	GSH (nmoles/mg of protein)
CO	0.31 ± 0.04	2.38 ± 0.29	0.34 ± 0.04	4344.01 ± 433.64
CO5D	0.38 ± 0.06	3.39 ± 0.19	0.42 ± 0.07	5188.72 ± 233.98
CO20D	0.54 ± 0.05^*	5.57 ± 0.67^*	0.5 ± 0.07	4654.82 ± 480.51
DM	0.92 ± 0.05^**	8.34 ± 1.05^**	0.57 ± 0.05	2851.94 ± 378.76^**
DM5D	0.55 ± 0.06^***	4.14 ± 0.48^***	0.49 ± 0.07	4094.46 ± 293.00^***
DM20D	0.48 ± 0.08^***	3.93 ± 0.44^***	0.48 ± 0.08	3020.94 ± 151.43

CO: control (𝑛=10); CO5D: control treated with C. cajucara for 5 days (𝑛=10); CO20D: control treated with C. cajucara for 20 days (𝑛=10); DM: diabetes mellitus(𝑛=10); DM5D: diabetes mellitus treated with C. cajucara for 5 days (𝑛=10); DM20D: Diabetes Mellitus treated with C. cajucara for 20 days (𝑛=10). C. cajucara 5% aqueous extract.
Data appear as mean ± SEM.
^*𝑃<.05 CO20D, versus CO, CO5D.
^**𝑃<.05 DM versus CO, CO5D, CO20D, DM5D, DM20D.
^***𝑃<.05 DM versus CO, DM.