Research Article

The Coffee Protective Effect on Catalase System in the Preneoplastic Induced Rat Liver

Table 1

Experimental design.

GroupReagentCoffee

G1/DMH + CDDMH
G2/EDTA + CDEDTA

G3/DMH + ORC 5%DMHInfusion 5%
G4/DMH + ORC 10%DMHInfusion 10%
G5/DMH + ORC 20%DMHInfusion 20%

G6/DMH + CC 5%DMHInfusion 5%
G7/DMH + CC 10%DMHInfusion 10%
G8/DMH + CC 20%DMHInfusion 20%

Animals/group = 10, CD: commercial diet, ORC: organic coffee diet, CC: conventional coffee diet, DMH: 1,2-dimethylhydrazine 40 mg⋅kg−1⋅bw−1; and EDTA: 1.5% in NaCl 0.9% (DMH vehicle). Infusion 5%, 10%, and 20%: considering the incorporation of 100 mL of infusion⋅kg−1 of ground feed.