Changes in Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus in Rats: Role of Alhagi maurorum Extracts
Table 2
Changes in level of free radicals and activities of antioxidant enzymes in liver of diabetic rats treated with either water or ethanolic extract of Alhagi maurorum.
Parameters
Animals treatments
Control group
STZ-group
STZ-WE-group
STZ-EE-group
MDA (nmoles/g tissue)
551.20 ± 64.29
1222.40 ± 101.9
845.00 ± 31.32
647.80 ± 52.73
GSH (nmoles/g tissue)
876.35 ± 57.55
424.15 ± 48.34
1103.66 ± 105
1317.82 ± 133.8
GPx (mU/mg protein)
634.12 ± 61.31
355.28 ± 41.68
474.50 ± 25.37
506.19 ± 21.51
GR (mU/mg protein)
15.04 ± 0.53
23.35 ± 1.85
13.62 ± 1.09
15.98 ± 0.96
GST (mU/mg protein)
17.95 ± 1.16
13.81 ± 0.45
17.05 ± 1.67
15.57 ± 1.01
SOD (U/mg protein)
216.57 ± 19.01
139.94 ± 7.39
197.79 ± 32.37
205.50 ± 16.6
Values are expressed as mean ± SE of 10 rats in each group. Mean values within a row not sharing the same superscript letters were significantly different, .
