The Effects of Buckwheat Leaf and Flower Extracts on Antioxidant Status in Mouse Organs

Table 2

Effects of buckwheat leaf and flower extracts on GSH and MDA concentrations in tissues of control and experimental mice.

	GSH (μmol/g tissue)		MDA (nmol/g tissue)
Groups	Brain	Liver	Brain	Liver
Control 1	2.4 ± 0.06	4.5 ± 0.35	106 ± 2.35	71 ± 2.98
Control 2	1.18 ± 0.02	5.6 ± 0.17	51 ± 2.22	87 ± 4.06
Buckwheat leaf	1.4 ± 0.02	7.7 ± 0.27	73 ± 4.67	79 ± 4.84
Buckwheat flower	1.6 ± 0.03	6.2 ± 0.44	53 ± 0.86	72 ± 7.44

Values are mean ± SEM (standard error of the mean) of 8–10 mice from each group. , compared with the control 1 group.