Effect of Lutein and Antioxidant Supplementation on VEGF Expression, MMP-2 Activity, and Ultrastructural Alterations in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mouse

Table 3

Plasma and retinal lipid peroxidation of the different animal groups at the time of sacrifice.

	TBARS plasma	TBARS retina	NO retina
WT-C	1.22±0.06	3.02±0.33	11.03±1.18
AE-C	1.66±0.10 **	8.72±0.78 **	5.91±0.85 **
AE-MV15	1.32±0.08^†	4.77±0.43^††	2.13±0.27^†
AE-MV50	1.25±0.11^†	6.58±0.67^†	3.64±0.48^†
AE-LUT	1.57±0.08	7.83±0.36	2.21±0.90^†

Data are expressed as 𝜇M malondialdehyde (MDA; TBARS plasma), nmol MDA/mg protein (TBARS retina), and nmol nitrates/mg protein (NO retina) media ± S.E.M. Statistically significant differences from WT-C are marked as *𝑃<0.05 and **𝑃<0.01 and from AE-C as ^†𝑃<0.05 and ^††𝑃<0.01 (𝑛=8--10).