α-Tocopherol Protects the Heart, Muscles, and Testes from Lipid Peroxidation in Growing Male Rats Subjected to Physical Efforts

Table 4

The effects of training and α-tocopherol supplementation on α-tocopherol concentrations in selected rat tissues (mean ± standard deviation).

(a)

α-Tocopherol (nM/g)	Groups				value^1 C vs. E	value CT vs. ET
	Control		Vitamin E
	C	CT	E	ET
	Liver	^a	^b	^b			^a,b	0.009	<0.0001
value	0.0003		0.03
Heart	^a	^b	^c	^d	<0.0001	<0.0001
value	0.0002		0.01
Muscles	^a	^b	^b	^c	0.0003	0.006
value	0.0009		0.01
Testes	^a	^b	^c	^c	<0.0001	<0.0001
value	<0.0001		0.04

(b)

α-Tocopherol (nM/g)	Two-way ANOVA, value
	Training	Vitamin E	Training × vitamin E
Liver	<0.0001	<0.0001	NS
Heart	<0.0001	<0.0001	NS
Muscles	<0.0001	<0.0001	NS
Testes	NS	<0.0001	0.0001

C: control group nonsupplemented with α-tocopherol, not trained; CT: control group nonsupplemented with α-tocopherol, trained; E: group supplemented with α-tocopherol, not trained; ET: group supplemented with α-tocopherol, trained; ¹Tukey HSD post hoc test; ^a-dthe same letters indicate homogenous groups, value ≤0.05; NS: not significant.