Antiperoxidative Activity of Tetracarpidium conophorum Leaf Extract in Reproductive Organs of Male Rats
Table 2
Total protein (TPC), reduced glutathione (GSH), and vitamin C contents in the reproductive organs of male rats treated with the T. conophorum leaf extract.
Variables
Control
50 mg/kg extract
500 mg/kg extract
1000 mg/kg extract
1.04 mg/kg drug
Testis
TPCa
6.66 ± 2.89
10.00 ± 1.25
10.00 ± 1.25
15.83 ± 3.15
15.00 ± 0.00
GSHb
24.94 ± 0.09
59.25 ± 0.29
39.31 ± 0.51
25.02 ± 0.00
38.78 ± 0.59
Vitamin Cc
2.19 ± 0.09
2.25 ± 0.99
3.08 ± 0.14
3.26 ± 0.03
3.10 ± 0.81
Epididymis
TPCa
117.71 ± 10.00
118.64 ± 18.00
120.08 ± 10.00
135 ± 19.00
121.24 ± 25.00
GSHb
11.48 ± 0.02
13.33 ± 0.01
14.68 ± 0.03
15.77 ± 1.00
14.77 ± 0.04
Vitamin Cc
2.45 ± 0.01
2.49 ± 0.07
2.52 ± 0.12
2.67 ± 0.10
2.71 ± 0.09
Seminal vesicle
TPCa
54.17 ± 5.90
57.25 ± 8.00#
58.33 ± 3.14
71.83 ± 12.64
63.42 ± 2.03
GSHb
6.44 ± 0.08
6.72 ± 0.00
7.10 ± 0.06
9.92 ± 0.01
11.14 ± 0.04
Vitamin Cc
1.58 ± 0.06
1.59 ± 0.04
1.68 ± 0.05
1.70 ± 0.03
1.73 ± 0.02
Prostate gland
TPCa
61.25 ± 1.25
67.50 ± 2.16
75.67 ± 7.21
81.67 ± 4.73
70.33 ± 4.64
GSHb
10.35 ± 0.06
11.97 ± 0.01
14.51 ± 0.09
20.44 ± 0.13
16.17 ± 0.20
Vitamin Cc
1.49 ± 0.61
1.51 ± 0.59
1.53 ± 0.74
1.55 ± 0.62
1.57 ± 0.58
amg/mL, bµmole of GSH/mg protein, and cmmol/mg protein. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, . significant (), significant (), significant (), and highly significant () compared with the control group, #significant () compared with the standard drug.