Efficiency of Barley Bran and Oat Bran in Ameliorating Blood Lipid Profile and the Adverse Histological Changes in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats

Table 4

Effect of oat bran and barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on antioxidant and oxidant enzymes in rats with induced hypercholesterolemia.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
GST U/g.tissue	Mean ± SE	24.10±0.26	22.20±0.21	23.86±1.23	25.38±0.35
	t-test		12.52***	0.06 NS	−0.60 NS
Catalase; U/g.tissue	Mean ± SE	164.44±3.03	158.10±2.42	173.32±1.70	176.12±5.71
	t-test		5.27***	−7.20***	−8.46 NS***
Lipid peroxide; nmol/g.tissue	Mean ± SE	1057.40±71.72	1058.30±1.79	1001.80±73.90	837.20±60.98
	t-test		−0.01 NS	0.75 NS	3.62*

Significant differences with controls calculated by paired sample t-test. *means significant at 𝑃<0.05, **means highly significant at 𝑃<0.01, ***means very high significant at 𝑃<0.001, and NS means nonsignificant.