Effect of Antimicrobial Peptide, Nisin, on the Reproductive Functions of Rats

Table 6

Effect of oral exposure of Nisin (50 mg/kg/day) on various biochemical parameters of reproductive tissues in male rats. Each value is the mean ± S.D. of six observations. No significant difference was observed between the two groups.

	Epididymis	Seminal vesicle	Ventral prostate		Liver		Kidney
	α-glucosidase (1 nM of substrate hydrolyses/hr)	Lactic acid (mg/gm tissue)	Fructose (mg/gm tissue)	Alkaline phosphatase (μ mol Pi formed/mg protein/h)	AlAT	AAT	AlAT	AAT
					μMol of pyruvate formed/mg protein/hr		μMol of pyruvate formed/mg protein/hr
Control	23.24 ± 1.18	2.17 ± 0.84	2.11 ± 0.76	30.34 ± 2.81	0.93 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.07	0.63 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.05
Treated	24.19 ± 1.16	2.04 ± 0.71	2.81 ± 0.88	30.18 ± 3.00	0.89 ± 0.08	0.69 ± 0.06	0.62 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.05