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Table 4 Effect of SAME on thyroid GSH, TBARS, H 2 O 2 , nitrite

From: Protective effects of Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, (Asteraceae) against CCl4-induced oxidative stress in the thyroid tissue of rats

Treatment

GSH (μM/g tissue)

TBARS(nM /min/mg protein)

H2O2(nM/min/mg tissue)

Nitrite (μM/ml)

Control

4.590±0.29++

9.66±.66++

6.5±0.48++

48.0±2.38++

3 ml/kg CCl4

2.82±0.06**

19.02±0.44**

11.3±1.05**

62.0±2.14**

100 mg/kg SAME+CCl4

4.06±0.19**++

14.33±0.49**++

10.0±0.36**

52.8±2.85**++

200 mg/kg SAME+CCl4

4.50±0.20++

13.16±0.60**++

6.5±0.48++

44.2±2.06++

200 mg/kg SAME alone

4.73±0.198++

11.33±0.76++

6.13±0.38++

41.3±2.09 ++

  1. Mean ±SE (n=6 number).
  2. ** indicate significance from the control group at P<0.01 probability level.
  3. ++ indicate significance from the CCl4 group at P<0.01 probability level.