Tualang Honey Attenuates Noise Stress-Induced Memory Deficits in Aged Rats

Table 2

Effects of stress and honey treatment on brain oxidative status.

	No stress	No stress + honey	Stress	Stress + honey
MDA (μM/mg protein)	7.03 ± 0.44	7.31 ± 0.32	8.76 ± 0.27	7.88 ± 0.20
PCO (nmol/mg protein)	2.37 ± 0.40	3.15 ± 0.66	5.17 ± 0.36	3.73 ± 0.22
SOD activity (U/mg protein)	9.68 ± 1.87	12.39 ± 1.12	4.83 ± 0.73	9.87 ± 0.68
GPx activity (mU/mg protein)	52.71 ± 8.74	52.38 ± 9.53	42.91 ± 7.15	43.84 ± 9.17
GR activity (mU/mg protein)	80.93 ± 12.29	75.82 ± 5.55	57.61 ± 6.75	72.77 ± 6.63
CAT activity (mU/mg protein)	4660.80 ± 156.59	4748.84 ± 246.92	4240.81 ± 226.86	4149.37 ± 116.38
Total antioxidant capacity (μM Trolox equivalents/mg protein)	0.05 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00

The values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Significant main effects of loud noise stress (). Significant main effects of honey treatment (). Significant difference between no stress and stress control (). Significant difference between stress control and stress treated with honey (; ).