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Table 16 Effect of DAS-77 on antioxidant enzymes in rat brain 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)

3.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.70

5.36ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.91

24.72ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.20

1.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.29

0.25ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

16.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.94

DAS-77

80

2.49ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.41

4.36ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.40

20.12ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.86

1.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

0.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

16.69ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.20

DAS-77

400

2.15ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.27

3.53ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.33

16.29ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.55

1.11ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11

0.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

20.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.22

DAS-77

2000

3.35ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.20

5.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.62

24.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.49

1.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.51

0.27ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

20.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.90

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