Quantitative Assessment of the Effects of Reducing Agents on Biological Macromolecules and on the Possible Repair of Oxidative Damage

Table 5

Inhibitory rates of different concentrations of ammonium ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid on DNA (%).

Concentration of reducing; agents/(mmol/L)	ammonium ferrous sulfate		ascorbic acid
	ß-actin	CRP	ß-actin	CRP
5	66.81 ± 0.42	72.37 ± 0.68	−0.73 ± 0.46	−0.17 ± 1.81
2.5	61.21 ± 5.26	70.63 ± 4.50	1.05 ± 3.98	−2.14 ± 2.74
1.25	57.94 ± 1.99	40.81 ± 3.34	0.45 ± 1.74	0.42 ± 0.96
0.625	39.52 ± 4.09	31.90 ± 4.63	−1.79 ± 1.11	−1.93 ± 2.15
0.3125	23.81 ± 2.30	26.02 ± 1.85	0.48 ± 0.33	1.53 ± 2.26
0.15625	21.90 ± 0.50	23.82 ± 1.26	−0.85 ± 2.12	−0.48 ± 1.37
0.078125	17.80 ± 2.51	21.74 ± 4.66	−1.45 ± 0.76	2.13 ± 1.24
0.0390625	15.76 ± 4.82	19.42 ± 3.41	0.56 ± 0.43	0.71 ± 1.52

Statistical significance was determined using the Student’s -test and is presented as (), (), or ().