Chronic Dietary Supplementation of 4% Figs on the Modification of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mouse Model

Table 4

Effect of figs dietary supplementation on glutathione dependent antioxidant enzymes in the brain of Tg mice.

Groups	Glutathione peroxidase; (nmol NADPH oxidized/min/mg protein)		GSH (mg/g protein)		Glutathione reductase; (nmol NADPH oxidized/min/mg protein)
	Cortex	Hippocampus	Cortex	Hippocampus	Cortex	Hippocampus
Control wild	12.00 ± 0.91^a	24.00 ± 1.83^a	4.20 ± 0.32^a	5.80 ± 0.44^a	11.00 ± 0.84^a	11.70 ± 0.89^a
Control Tg	5.00 ± 0.38^b	11.01 ± 0.84^b	2.10 ± 0.16^b	3.20 ± 0.25^b	4.00 ± 0.31^b	4.60 ± 0.35^b
Figs Tg	9.10 ± 0.70^c	17.01 ± 1.30^c	3.20 ± 0.24^c	4.70 ± 0.36^c	8.20 ± 0.63^c	9.00 ± 0.69^c

Data are presented as mean ± SD, 𝑛=6/group.
Values not sharing a common superscripts (a, b and c) differ significantly at 𝑃<0.05 (DMRT).