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

Table 4

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

Variable	Groups	0 day		7 days		14 days		21 days
		CAT (pg/ml)	C		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
EDP
C			≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		0.72
SCU
C			≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		0.99
CU
C			≤0.001		0.04		0.45		0.13
SRP
value		≤0.001 (HS)†		≤0.001 (HS)†		≤0.001 (HS)†		≤0.001 (HS)†
CAT (pg/ml)	EDP		1		0.28		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SCU
	EDP		1		0.16		≤0.001		≤0.001
	CU
	EDP		1		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SRP
	SCU		1		0.98		0.95		0.77
	CU
	SCU		1		≤0.001		0.028		0.008
	SRP
	CU		1		≤0.001		0.075		0.05
	SRP
value		1.000†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†

CAT: catalase; C: control; EPD: untreated 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.