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

Table 6

Protective effect of PCEB on lung Protein, TBARS, nitrite, and H₂O₂.

Treatment	Protein (g/mg tissue)	TBARS (nM/min/mg protein)	Nitrite (M/mL)	H2O2 (nM/min/mg tissue)
Control	2.2 ± 0.16^a	3.5 ± 0.16^e	44.9 ± 1.58^e	1.4 ± 0.17^e
CCl4 1 mL/kg b.w.	0.8 ± 0.14^e	6.1 ± 0.18^a	71.8 ± 2.25^a	2.9 ± 0.15^a
CCl4+Silymarin	2.1 ± 0.15^c	3.6 ± 0.35^d	52.2 ± 1.19^cd	1.5 ± 0.11^d
CCl4+PCEB 200 mg/kg b.w.	1.6 ± 0.38^d	4.3 ± 0.15^b	67.3 ± 0.43^b	2.3 ± 0.52^b
CCl4+PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	2.2 ± 0.15^bc	3.7 ± 0.36^c	55.2 ± 0.10^c	1.6 ± 0.15^c
PCEB 400 mg/kg b.w.	2.2 ± 0.14^b	3.6 ± 0.92^e	53.0 ± 1.66^d	1.5 ± 0.15^d
Vehicle control	2.2 ± 0.13^a	3.6 ± 0.16^e	46.9 ± 1.15^e	1.4 ± 0.75^e

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