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

Table 4

Protective effect of PCEB on lung GST, GSH, and GSH-Px.

Treatment	GST (nM/min/mg protein)	GSH (nM/min/mg protein)	GSH-Px (nM/min/mg protein)
Control	177.0 ± 2.9^c	21.7 ± 1.31^a	144.3 ± 2.78^a
CCl4 1 mL/kg b.w.	94.3 ± 4.3^f	14.8 ± 1.25^c	78.7 ± 3.44^e
CCl4+Silymarin	206.7 ± 6.5^a	18.5 ± 1.11^b	137.7 ± 4.29^b
CCl4+PCEB 200 mg/kg b.w.	163.0 ± 4.6^d	16.8 ± 1.25^bc	115.3 ± 4.65^d
CCl4+PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	189.3 ± 5.0^b	17.2 ± 1.24^b	120.3 ± 5.82^c
PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	169.0 ± 6.3^c	20.8 ± 1.10^a	137.0 ± 1.34^b
Vehicle control	171.4 ± 2.7^c	21.3 ± 1.12^a	141.5 ± 1.36^a

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