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

Table 5

The comparison between the mean value of SODs in control and different groups using Dunnett t test and Tukey HSD test to compare glucose level 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
		SOD (ng/ml)	C		0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
EDP
C			0.001		0.001		1		0.999
SCU
C			0.001		0.91		1		1.000
CU
C			0.001		1		0.99		0.999
SRP
value		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†
SOD (ng/ml)	EDP		1		0.19		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SCU
	EDP		1		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	CU
	EDP		1		≤0.001		≤0.001		≤0.001
	SRP
	SCU		1		0.023		1		1
	CU
	SCU		1		0.009		0.99		1
	SRP
	CU		1		0.97		0.99		1
	SRP
value		1.000 †		≤0.001†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†

SOD: superoxidase dismutase; 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.