Research Article
Testicular Dysfunction Ameliorative Effect of the Methanolic Roots Extracts of Maytenus procumbens and Ozoroa paniculosa
Table 4
Effect of the extracts on serum levels of SOD, CAT, GSH, and MDA in the testicular dysfunction induced rats.
| | Group | SOD
(units/mL) | CAT
(μmoles/min/mL) | GSH
(nmoles/μL) | MDA
(nmoles/mL) |
| | Normal control | 18.9 ± 0.08 | 6.13 ± 0.02 | 7.3 ± 0.04 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | | Untreated | 16.2 ± 0.02 | 3.37 ± 0.00 | 4.4 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | | Sildenafil (20 mg/kg) | 13.3 ± 0.01 | 3.33 ± 0.00 | 4.9 ± 0.03 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | | O.p (50 mg/kg) | 12.8 ± 0.00 | 3.36 ± 0.09 | 6.8 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ± 0.04 | | O.p (250 mg/kg) | 9.6 ± 0.00 | 3.01 ± 0.04 | 9.8 ± 0.02 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | | M.p (50 mg/kg) | 10.6 ± 0.00 | 3.73 ± 0.00 | 3.2 ± 0.06 | 0.06 ± 0.02 | | M.p (250 mg/kg) | 11.1 ± 0.07 | 4.27 ± 0.05 | 5.4 ± 0.01 | 0.03 ± 0.00 |
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Data were expressed as mean ± SEM, . versus untreated group.
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