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Table 17 Effect of DAS-77 on antioxidant enzymes in rat testes

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

Ā Ā 

GSH (nm/mg)

SOD (u/mg)

CAT

(u/mg)

Peroxidase (u/mg)

MDA (nm/mg)

Protein (mg)

Distilled water

(10 ml/kg)

1.12ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.16

2.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.32

13.48ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.58

0.95ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

0.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

25.48ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.87

DAS-77

80

3.58ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.75**

5.75ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.82**

26.55ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.79**

1.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.26**

0.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.06

24.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.22

DAS-77

400

0.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11

1.86ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.23

8.57ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.05

0.59ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.07

0.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

35.08ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.95

DAS-77

2000

1.46ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.47

2.44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.18

11.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.85

0.77ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.06

0.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.06

38.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.58*

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