The Protective Effect of Lavender Essential Oil and Its Main Component Linalool against the Cognitive Deficits Induced by D-Galactose and Aluminum Trichloride in Mice

Table 2

Effects of LO and LI on the activities of SOD, GPX, and AChE and the content of MDA in the hippocampus and cortex of D-gal and AlCl₃ treated mice. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (–12 in each group). , compared with control group, and compared with AD group.

Groups		SOD	GPX	MDA	AChE
Control	Hip	201.64 ± 16.24	129.42 ± 8.39	79.20 ± 6.07	6.81 ± 0.26
	Cort	308.21 ± 45.21	181.14 ± 9.39	91.85 ± 1.93	7.33 ± 0.45
Model	Hip	161.98 ±	98.86 ± 9.54^#	100.40 ± 6.05^#	9.42 ± 0.32^##
	Cort	204.65 ±	127.44 ±	111.54 ± 5.64	9.21 ±
LO-50 mg/kg	Hip	173.67 ± 29.06	114.88 ± 12.13	91.82 ± 7.70	9.06 ± 1.03
	Cort	228.07 ± 36.26	136.03 ± 19.86	105.02 ± 3.66	8.75 ± 0.23
LO-100 mg/kg	Hip	190.99 ±	127.87 ±	82.67 ±	8.06 ± 0.20
	Cort	292.86 ±	166.97 ± 6.54	98.33 ± 7.30	7.53 ±
LI-50 mg/kg	Hip	182.94 ± 11.76	109.61 ± 4.44	92.47 ± 4.77	8.85 ± 0.24
	Cort	270.18 ± 40.31	147.65 ± 14.32	101.35 ± 8.65	8.95 ± 0.62
LI-100 mg/kg	Hip	197.27 ±	128.90 ±	80.47 ±	7.96 ±
	Cort	302.52 ±	177.34 ±	93.67 ± 15.05	7.43 ±