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Table 6 Peroxidase activity in plant extract-treated sickle cell and healthy blood

From: Solenostemon monostachyus, Ipomoea involucrata and Carica papaya seed oil versus Glutathione, or Vernonia amygdalina: Methanolic extracts of novel plants for the management of sickle cell anemia disease

Treatment

Peroxidase activity (× 10-5 Unit/sec)

Healthy blood donor

Sickle cell blood

Male

Female

Male

Female

Control

5.46 ± 4.00

3.46 ± 2.00

2.89 ± 1.60

3.83 ± 1.93

Glutathione

8.07 ± 1.10

6.37 ± 0.49

4.76 ± 2.89

5.83 ± 1.10

Vernonia amygdalina

10.00 ± 0.00

8.00 ± 0.09

3.62 ± 1.90

2.47 ± 1.60

Ipomoea involucrata

18.06 ± 2.40

15.16 ± 3.11

3.74 ± 1.02

7.49 ± 2.90

Solenostemon monostachyus

2.09 ± 0.60

3.19 ± 0.77

2.14 ± 0.20

3.43 ± 1.90

Carica papaya seed oil

62.30 ± 18.00

57.30 ± 11.30

17.24 ± 6.90

19.85 ± 5.40

  1. Data expressed as mean ± SD (n = 10).