Acetone Extract from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa: A Potent Natural Antioxidant

Table 1

Antioxidants status in the blood of mice in each group.

Treatment groups	Level of nonenzymic antioxidant (Total glutathione, μM/mL)	Level of antioxidant enzymes (U/mL)
		Superoxide dismutase	Catalase	Glutathione peroxidase
1% DMSO	4.12 ± 0.11^b	5.57 ± 0.21^c	10.94 ± 0.87^c	12.45 ± 0.47^c
30% CCl4	1.35 ± 0.17^a	3.02 ± 0.22^a	7.45 ± 0.48^a	6.57 ± 1.20^a
α-tocopherol + CCl4	3.69 ± 0.82^c	4.44 ± 0.41^c	10.14 ± 0.78^c	11.16 ± 0.99
Extract (0.2 g/kg) + CCl4	1.70 ± 0.82	4.30 ± 0.15	9.24 ± 0.46^ac	7.64 ± 1.71^a
Extract (0.4 g/kg) + CCl4	3.06 ± 0.80	4.33 ± 0.65	10.02 ± 0.41^c	9.46 ± 0.24
Extract (0.8 g/kg) + CCl4	3.94 ± 0.10^b	4.94 ± 0.36^c	10.49 ± 0.48^c	10.64 ± 1.13^c

Values are mean ± SEM; ^a𝑃<0.01 versus 1% DMSO-treated group (𝑛=6); ^b𝑃<0.01 versus CCl₄-treated group (𝑛=6); ^c𝑃<0.05 versus CCl₄-treated group (𝑛=6).