Pistacia chinensis: A Potent Ameliorator of CCl₄ Induced Lung and Thyroid Toxicity in Rat Model

Table 3

Protective effect of PCEB on lung CAT, POD, and SOD.

Treatment	CAT (U/min)	POD (U/min)	SOD (U/mg protein)
Control	4.7 ± 0.16^b	11.1 ± 0.61^c	3.7 ± 0.18^a
CCl4 1 mL/kg b.w.	1.1 ± 0.17^d	3.1 ± 0.28^f	0.9 ± 0.43^e
CCl4+Silymarin	5.3 ± 0.50^a	19.4 ± 0.84^a	3.4 ± 0.10^ab
CCl4+PCEB 200 mg/kg b.w.	2.1 ± 0.15^c	10.1 ± 0.58^d	1.4 ± 0.55^d
CCl4+PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	5.4 ± 0.53^a	17.2 ± 0.73^b	3.1 ± 0.58^bc
PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	4.7 ± 0.16^b	10.5 ± 0.59^cd	3.2 ± 0.19^bc
Vehicle control	4.2 ± 0.14^b	11.0 ± 0.01^c	3.3 ± 0.25^b

Mean ± SD (). Means with different letters (a–e) indicate significance at .