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Table 15 Effect of DAS-77 on antioxidant enzymes in rat liver in the reversibility study

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

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Reversibility 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)

1.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.22

3.24ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.33

14.94ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.54

0.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.10

0.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

34.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.91

DAS-77

80

3.69ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.55***

5.82ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.72**

26.87ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.33**

1.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.23**

0.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

24.41ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.52**

DAS-77

400

1.70ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.31

3.62ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.56

16.72ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.58

1.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.18

0.22ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

24.35ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.40*

DAS-77

2000

2.29ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.15

3.71ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

17.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.64

1.17ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

0.93ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.81

33.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.66

  1. Values are meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰S.E.M. (nā€‰=ā€‰4). * pā€‰<ā€‰0.05, ** pā€‰<ā€‰0.01, *** pā€‰<ā€‰0.001 vs. distilled water (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnettā€™s posttest).