Tualang Honey Protects the Rat Midbrain and Lung against Repeated Paraquat Exposure
Table 4
Comparison of oxidative stress parameters in the lungs among all experimental groups.
Parameters
Groups
N
TH
PQ
PQ + TH
PQ + QH
(U/mg protein)
20.75 (6.40)
18.53
17.39
19.25
20.37
0.019
#CAT (U/mg protein)
95.35 (12.05)
97.12 (8.86)
79.23 (17.46)
96.71 (19.61)
95.40 (13.83)
0.102
#GPx (U/mg protein)
227.95 (29.88)
220.38 (23.96)
205.88 (25.89)
209.59 (29.98)
227.60 (31.93)
0.409
#GR (U/mg protein)
19.04 (3.62)
19.09 (2.38)
17.73 (2.76)
19.63 (2.54)
18.31 (2.43)
0.689
#GST (U/mg protein)
22.65 (1.33)
20.74 (1.81)
16.73
20.36 (1.90)
18.80 (3.41)
0.008
#Total GSH (μM/mg protein)
135.78 (33.60)
112.03 (29.45)
90.43 (35.07)
120.52 (16.77)
143.77
0.043
#MDA level (μM/mg protein)
1.42 (0.14)
1.63 (0.32)
1.46 (0.14)
1.39 (0.33)
1.57 (0.27)
0.312
Data are presented as the (SD) or the (IQR), per group. values were calculated using one-way ANOVA or the Kruskal-Wallis test. A value < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference between the investigated groups. compared to group N; compared to group PQ.
