Effect of Metronidazole on the Oxidoreductive Processes in the Submandibular and Parotid Glands in Experimental Research

Table 1

Evaluation of enzymatic and nonenzymatic parameters in the rat salivary glands.

Parameters	Submandibular gland		Parotid gland
	Control (C)	Metronidazole (MTZ)	Control (C)	Metronidazole (MTZ)
GPx (mU/mg protein)	28.120 ± 0.677	21.910 ± 0.942	15.820 ± 0.722^†††	13.680 ± 0.595^†††
CAT (mU/mg protein)	11.190 ± 0.441	7.478 ± 0.480	16.100 ± 0.505^†††	9.436 ± 0.490^††
SOD (U/mg protein)	0.423 ± 0.019	0.309 ± 0.042	0.438 ± 0.025	0.279 ± 0.016
GSH (nmol/mg protein)	0.356 ± 0.016	0.363 ± 0.010	0.406 ± 0.028	0.366 ± 0.016
LPO (nmol/mg protein)	0.393 ± 0.025	0.493 ± 0.025	0.341 ± 0.015	0.516 ± 0.063
TAS (nmol/mg protein)	13.190 ± 0.860	4.779 ± 0.423	12.860 ± 1.087	3.668 ± 0.303
TOS (nmol/mg protein)	57.650 ± 2.019	85.890 ± 3.822	30.990 ± 2.419^†††	63.730 ± 2.748
TOS/TAS	4.446 ± 0.194	18.590 ± 1.092	2.487 ± 0.196	18.250 ± 1.645

Relative to the control group, , . ^†Relative to the submandibular gland, .