Antioxidant Capacity, Cytoprotection, and Healing Actions of the Leaf Aqueous Extract of Ocimum suave in Rats Subjected to Chronic and Cold-Restraint Stress Ulcers

Table 2

In vivo antioxidant capacity of O. suave extract in rats subjected to cold restraint stress.

	Dose
	Normal rats	0 mg/kg	250 mg/kg	500 mg/kg
Specific activity of SOD (units/g tissue)	62.92±2.20	58.10±5.24	60.72±1.48	66.80±1.70
Specific activity of CAT (𝜇M H2O2/min./g tissue)	179.50±9.97	90.87±8.43^∗	105.32±12.11^∗	105.00±0.06^∗
Malondialdehyde (pmol/g wet tissue)	3.70±0.53	9.42±0.26	8.70±0.32	9.72±0.06
Reduced glutathione (nmol/g tissue)	1.61±0.05	0.85±0.12	1.10±0.21	2.08±0.53^∗

Statistically different relative to normal rats, ^∗𝑃<0.05.
The values are expressed as mean ± SEM of 6 animals.
SOD: superoxide dismutase; CAT: catalase.