Protection of the Extracts of Lentinus edodes Mycelia against Carbon-Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatic Injury in Rats

Table 2

The quantification of protein levels for Mn-SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD, GPx, or actin in liver isolated from CCl₄-induced rats receiving treatment with silymarin or LEM three times daily for 8 weeks. Quantification of protein levels using Mn-SOD/actin, Cu/Zn-SOD/actin, and GPx/actin was expressed as mean with standard error (SE) (𝑛=4 per group) in each group. *𝑃<0.05 compared with CCl₄-induced group receiving vehicle.

	Mn-SOD (arbitrary units); protein/actin	Cu/Zn-SOD (arbitrary units); protein/actin	GPx (arbitrary units); protein/actin
Control	1.24±0.07 *	1.42±0.15 *	1.18±0.08 *
CCl4	1.01±0.04	1.02±0.05	0.82±0.06
+ Silymarin
200 mg/kg	1.16±0.05 *	1.60±0.09 *	1.11±0.05 *
+ LEM
100 mg/kg	0.82±0.06	0.91±0.04	1.06±0.05 *
200 mg/kg	1.03±0.11	1.07±0.03	1.23±0.14 *
500 mg/kg	1.21±0.10 *	1.67±0.06 *	1.59±0.17 *