Research Article
The Beneficial Impact of the Black Chokeberry Extract against the Oxidative Stress in the Sublingual Salivary Gland of Rats Intoxicated with Cadmium
Table 6
Mutual relationships (Pearson’s correlation analysis) between the investigated markers of the oxidative/antioxidative balance and oxidative stress of the sublingual salivary gland, as well as between these parameters and cadmium (Cd) concentration and content in the salivary glands of female rats1.
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1The results are expressed as values and the level of statistical significance (). The values of with were considered statistically significant, where , †, and ‡. NS—lack of correlation (). GPx: glutathione peroxidase; SOD: superoxide dismutase; CAT: catalase; GSH: reduced glutathione; TAS: total antioxidative status; PC: protein carbonyl groups; LPO: lipid peroxides: H2O2: hydrogen peroxide; TOS: total oxidative status; OSI: oxidative stress index. |