Antioxidant Effects of Curcumin Gel in Experimental Induced Diabetes and Periodontitis in Rats

Table 2

The comparison between the mean value of MDA in the control and different groups using Dunnett t test and Tukey HSD test to compare MDA between EDP and three treated groups. The comparison among different groups using one-way ANOVA.

		0 day		7 days		14 days		21days
Variable	Groups								value
MDA (ng/ml)	C		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	EDP
	C		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		0.38
	SCU
	C		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	CU
	C		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SRP
value		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†
MDA (ng/ml)	EDP		0.99		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SCU
	EDP		1.000		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	CU
	EDP		0.99		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SRP
	SCU		0.99		≤0.001		0.006		≤0.001
	CU
	SCU		0.97		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SRP
	CU		0.99		0.006		0.02		≤0.001
	SRP
value		0.983†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†

MDA: malondialdehyde; C: control; EPD: experimental diabetes and periodontitis; SCU: scaling and curcumin; CU: curcumin; SRP: scaling and root planing; †one-way ANOVA; : probability <0.05 is significant; is nonsignificant; is highly significant.