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Table 12 Effect of DAS-77 on antioxidant enzymes in rat brain in the main study

From: A 90 day chronic toxicity study of Nigerian herbal preparation DAS-77 in rats

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Main study

Ā Ā 

GSH (nm/mg)

SOD (u/mg)

CAT (u/mg)

Peroxidase (u/mg)

MDA (nm/mg)

Protein (mg)

Distilled water

(10 ml/kg)

1.35ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.29

3.94ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.26

18.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.80

1.24ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.39

0.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

30.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.80

DAS-77

80

1.89ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.32

3.13ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.75

14.44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.44

0.98ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.23

0.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11

38.27ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.34

DAS-77

400

1.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.28

1.94ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.28

8.96ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.30

0.61ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09

0.18ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

29.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.47

DAS-77

2000

1.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.30

2.38ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.52

10.93ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.42

0.74ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.17

0.21ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

27.47ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.10