Antioxidant and Antifatigue Properties of the Aqueous Extract of Moringa oleifera in Rats Subjected to Forced Swimming Endurance Test

Table 5

Effect of M. oleifera extract on rat hepatic and muscle antioxidant parameters.

	Control	M. oleifera (100 mg/kg)	M. oleifera (200 mg/kg)	M. oleifera (400 mg/kg)
Hepatic parameters
SOD (U/mg protein)	31.09 ± 3.15	35.35 ± 2.61	38.42 ± 3.22	39.11 ± 3.48
MDA (mol/g)	52.00 ± 5.66	42.13 ± 3.64	41.63 ± 4.91	42.32 ± 4.43
CAT (U/mg protein)	25.13 ± 2.17	27.52 ± 1.64	29.33 ± 1.92	28.34 ± 2.67
GPx (mol/mg protein)	3.62 ± 0.71	5.63 ± 1.13	6.22 ± 1.12	6.95 ± 1.74
Muscle parameters
SOD (U/mg protein)	6.55 ± 0.98	8.95 ± 1.06	9.23 ± 1.54	9.12 ± 0.87
MDA (mol/g)	33.24 ± 5.24	24.13 ± 4.57	22.28 ± 4.63	22.14 ± 4.54
CAT (U/mg protein)	0.27 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.05
GLU (mol/mg de protein)	0.88 ± 0.37	2.98 ± 0.26	4.09 ± 1.97	3.75 ± 1.04

Each value represents the mean ± SEM, . , , and compared with control group.