Research Article
Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress as Indicators of Fungi Environmental Pollution in Balb/c Albino Mice Monitored from South West, Nigeria
Table 3
Effect of inoculated fungi on the biochemical properties of lungs of balb/c albino mice.
| | Parameters | Variables | Protein (mg) | MDA (µ/mg) | MPO (µ/g) | H2O2 (µ/g) | SOD(µ/g) | NO (µ/M) | GSH (µ/g) |
| | Treatments | Control | 0.516a | 3.384b | 8.977c | 11.65ab | 88.36a | 34.00a | 4.08a | | A. penicillioides | 0.480b | 3.573b | 8.334c | 11.35b | 43.08bc | 24.03b | 3.41bc | | P. citrinum | 0.457b | 3.868a | 15.321b | 12.69ab | 52.15b | 26.13b | 3.59b | | A. flavus | 0.461b | 3.320b | 15.795b | 12.71ab | 28.72d | 25.00b | 2.74d | | P. chrysogenum | 0.445b | 3.846a | 20.071a | 13.18a | 34.55cd | 21.00b | 3.23c | | LSD | 0.033 | 0.28 | 4.07 | 1.49 | 11.03 | 6.63 | 0.35 | | Inoculum load (spores/ml) | 2.3 x 107 | 0.48a | 3.56a | 11.72b | 12.00a | 54.00a | 27.42a | 3.55a | | 3.2 x 105 | 0.47a | 3.63a | 15.68a | 12.63a | 44.74b | 24.64a | 3.27b | | LSD | 0.02 | 0.16 | 2.58 | 0.94 | 6.98 | 4.19 | 0.22 | | Replicate | 1 | 0.47a | 3.60a | 14.54a | 11.92a | 49.88a | 27.28a | 3.35b | | 2 | 0.46a | 3.60a | 13.68a | 12.30a | 49.80a | 25.38a | 3.19b | | 3 | 0.47a | 3.52a | 12.58a | 12.58a | 50.13a | 24.07a | 3.74a | | 4 | 0.47a | 3.70a | 14.77a | 12.52a | 47.20a | 25.24a | 3.35b | | 5 | 0.46a | 3.56a | 12.91a | 12.29a | 49.84a | 28.20a | 3.45ab | | LSD | 0.03 | 0.26 | 4.07 | 1.49 | 11.03 | 6.63 | 0.35 | | EMS | 0.001 | 0.08 | 20.3 | 2.7 | 149.02 | 53.81 | 0.15 |
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Means with different letter across the column are significantly (p<0.05) different from one another with respect to each parameter.
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