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Table 2 Percentage decrease in the level of MDA produced in the reproductive tissues of alcohol-induced male albino rats treated with the T. conophorum leaf extract

From: Tetracarpidium conophorum ameliorates oxidative reproductive toxicity induced by ethanol in male rats

Treatment groups

Testis

Epididymis

Seminal vesicle

Prostate gland

Control (MDA level)a

3.21 ± 0.27

0.21 ± 0.00

0.64 ± 0.08

0.93 ± 0.12

Alcohol group (MDA level)a

12.48 ± 4.29

0.63 ± 0.15

8.42 ± 1.25

4.15 ± 0.46

Alcohol + 50 mg/kg extract

6.63

9.58

64.53

55.58

Alcohol + 500 mg/kg extract

76.45

59.42

90.24

81.86

Alcohol + 1000 mg/kg extract

90.70

67.48

93.33

84.89

Alcohol + 1.04 mg/kg drug

92.94

61.03

97.66

91.70

  1. aμmol MDA/ mg protein