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

Table 5

The effects of training and α-tocopherol supplementation on TBARS concentrations in selected rat tissues ().

(a)

TBARS (nM/g)	Groups				value^1 C vs. E	value CT vs. ET
	Control		Vitamin E
	C	CT	E	ET
	Liver	^a	^a	^a			^a	NS	NS
value	NS		NS
Heart	^a	^b	^a	^a	NS	0.0032
value	NS		NS
Muscles	^a	^b	^a	^a	NS	<0.0001
value	0.0002		NS
Testes	^a	^b	^a,b	^a,b	NS	NS
value	0.0039		NS

(b)

TBARS (nM/g)	Two-way ANOVA, value
	Training	Vitamin E	Training × vitamin E
Liver	0.0158	NS	NS
Heart	0.0047	<0.0001	NS
Muscles	0.0004	<0.0001	<0.0001
Testes	0.0083	NS	0.0145

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,bthe same letters indicate homogenous groups, value ≤0.05; NS: not significant.