Research Article

Curcumin Mediated Attenuation of Carbofuran Induced Oxidative Stress in Rat Brain

Table 1

Effects of carbofuran and curcumin on the levels of MDA and GSH in the brain stem of rat.

Control15% CF30% CFCurCur + 15% CFCur + 30% CF

MDA
brain

(+57.2%)

(+102.27%)
ns ns ns
GSH
brain

(+84.25%)

(+218.6%)
ns ns ns

nmoles of MDA mg−1 protein; μg mg−1 protein; + sign shows increase in the MDA and GSH contents. The values are mean ± SD of five independent experiments. The procedure for estimations of MDA and GSH was the same as mentioned in Section 2. ns is nonsignificant as compared to control. indicates the values significant at <0.001.