Acetone Extract from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa: A Potent Natural Antioxidant

Table 3

Antioxidant status in the kidney of mice in each group.

Treatment groups	Level of nonenzymic antioxidant (Total glutathione; μM/mg tissue)	Level of antioxidant enzymes (U/mg tissue)
		Superoxide dismutase	Catalase	Glutathione peroxidase
1% DMSO	4.89 ± 0.19	2.49 ± 0.74	11.25 ± 0.75^b	2.35 ± 1.19^b
30% CCl4	4.27 ± 0.02	1.74 ± 0.62	7.52 ± 0.10^a	0.31 ± 0.02
α-tocopherol + CCl4	4.60 ± 0.19	2.30 ± 0.20	11.22 ± 0.30^b	2.00 ± 0.26^b
Extract (0.2 g/kg) + CCl4	4.43 ± 0.02	2.16 ± 0.61	9.01 ± 0.49	1.02 ± 0.16
Extract (0.4 g/kg) + CCl4	4.57 ± 0.03	2.34 ± 0.56	9.65 ± 0.30^b	1.16 ± 0.19
Extract (0.8 g/kg) + CCl4	4.63 ± 0.08	2.37 ± 0.77	10.96 ± 0.21^b	2.02 ± 0.22^b

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