Effect of Antioxidant Mineral Elements Supplementation in the Treatment of Hypertension in Albino Rats

Table 4

Effect of supplementation on antioxidant enzymes.

Group	Catalase (nmol/min/mL)	GPx (nmol/min/mL)	SOD (U/mL)
I	26.27±4.47	95.76±9.75	5.21±1.46
II	14.52±3.16^𝜌	28.01±7.26^𝜌	2.86±0.62^𝛾
III	19.41±3.14^𝛾	49.15±9.72^𝛼,𝜌	4.83±1.06^𝛽
IV	21.67±4.27^𝛽	49.40±7.71^𝛼,𝜌	5.13±0.94^𝛽
V	21.05±2.95^𝛽	47.62±9.38^𝛼,𝜌	5.82±1.31^𝛼
VI	23.71±3.30^𝛼	68.00±7.93^𝛼,𝜌	4.89±1.29^𝛽

GPx: glutathione peroxidase, SOD: superoxide dismutase, I: normotensive control, II: hypertensive control, III: group treated with copper, IV: group treated with manganese, V: group treated with zinc, and VI: group treated with all the minerals.
Values are expressed as Mean ± SD; 𝑛=5. ^𝛼𝑃<0.01 when compared with group II, ^𝛽𝑃<0.05 when compared with group II, ^𝜌𝑃<0.01 when compared with group I, and ^𝛾𝑃<0.05 when compare with group I by Dunnette’s multiple comparison test.