Oat Protects against Diabetic Nephropathy in Rats via Attenuating Advanced Glycation End Products and Nuclear Factor Kappa B

Table 2

Oxidant/antioxidant parameters as well as concentration of AGE and IL-6 in the rat kidney homogenate.

	Normal control, 𝑛=10	Diabetic untreated, 𝑛=9	Diabetic plus 20% oat, 𝑛=13
MDA, nmol/mg protein	4.04±0.1	9.76±1.3^a	5.2±0.65^b
GST, nmol/mg protein	19.76±2.05	11.1±1.23^a	15.97±2.1^a,b
GSH-Px, U/mg protein	0.99±0.23	0.29±0.21^a	0.75±0.21^b
Catalase, U/mg protein	52.16±3.85	31.76±2.5^a	42.74±3.95^a,b
SOD, U/mg protein	25.17±4.2	9.54±1.91^a	17.65±2.34^b
GSH, nmol/mg protein	27.76±3.27	14.11±1.95^a	19.54±3.56^b
AGE, ng/mg protein	3.91±0.12	9.75±0.54^a	5.11±0.25^b
IL-6, ng/mg protein	255±22	1145±69^a	564±48^a,b

Data are expressed as the means ± SD. ^a𝑃<0.05 versus normal control group, ^b𝑃<0.05 versus diabetic untreated group, one way ANOVA.