Research Article

Antioxidant Activity and In Vitro Antiglycation of the Fruit of Spondias purpurea

Table 3

Effects of CFH on the level of thiol group in BSA/glucose system.

Experimental groupsThiol group (nmol/mg protein)
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

BSA/glucose75.98±1.269.38±0.0764.88±0.0560.05±0.08
BSA/glucose/CFH (0.30 mg/ml)75.75±1.072.73±0.0968.16±0.0761.52±0.06
BSA/glucose/CFH (0.60 mg/ml)75.38±0.5173.25±0.1268.49±0.0866.43±0.04
BSA/glucose/CFH (1.2 mg/ml)77.18±0.8373.54±0.0969.36±0.1167.33±0.09
BSA/glucose/CFH (2.5 mg/ml)76.41±0.1174.38±0.0769.68±0.0867.66±0.04
BSA/glucose/CFH (5 mg/ml)78.30±0.0875.08±0.0570.61±0.0968.52±0.06
BSA/glucose/AG (5 mg/ml)79.52±0.0875.47±0.0271.56±0.0469.08±0.09

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 3). < 0.05 when compared to BSA/fructose at week 1; < 0.05 when compared to BSA/fructose at week 2; < 0.05 when compared to BSA/fructose at week 3; < 0.05 when compared to BSA/fructose at week 4.