Protective Effects of A. sativa against Oxidative Stress-Induced Liver Damage in Ovariectomized Mice

Table 6

Antioxidant system activities of controls and ovariectomized treated mice for 21 and 60 days.

Treatments	C	A	O	OE	OA
^aSOD
21 days					^+
60 days				^++	^+
^bCAT
21 days				^+
60 days
^cGPx
21 days				^+	^+
60 days
^dGSH
21 days					^+
60 days

Values are expressed as of 6 mice per group. One-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s protected least significant difference test as a post hoc test for comparison between groups. ^aSOD: superoxide dismutase (U SOD/mg protein); ^bCAT: catalase (U/mg protein); ^cGPx: glutathione peroxidase (nmol/mg protein); ^dGSH: reduced glutathione (μmol/g tissue weight). C: control; A: normal mice fed with Avena sativa; O: ovariectomized mice; OE: ovariectomized mice treated with estrogen; OA: ovariectomized mice fed with Avena sativa. Comparison between the O or A or OA or OE group and the control (C) group: ; ; . Comparison between the OE or OA group and the ovariectomized (O) group: ⁺; ⁺⁺; ⁺⁺⁺.