Protective effects of synbiotic diets of Bacillus coagulans, Lactobacillus plantarum and inulin against acute cadmium toxicity in rats

Table 2 Effects of oral administration of cadmium on levels of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), liver superoxide dismutase (liver SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) of rat fed synbiotic diets containing inulin, B. coagulans and L. plantarum at days 21 and 42 of treatments

Treatments	GP_X (U/g Hb)		Blood SOD (U/g Hb)		Liver SOD (U/g tissue)		MDA (mmol/L)
Treatments	Day21	Day42	Day21	Day42	Day21	Day42	Day21	Day42
Control	1178 ± 168^aA	1122 ± 257^aA	300.9 ± 2.8^aA	301.8 ± 1.6^aA	2.73 ± 0.03^aA	2.89 ± 0.04^aB	4.96 ± 0.09^aA	4.99 ± 0.03^aA
Cd	1402 ± 97^aA	1122 ± 194^aA	250.0 ± 1.6^bA	254.2 ± 1.6^bA	2.53 ± 0.03^bA	2.55 ± 0.04^bA	4.98 ± 0.06^aA	5.00 ± 0.03^aA
ILp + Cd	1234 ± 194^aA	1009 ± 168^aA	290.4 ± 4.8^cA	290.5 ± 3.2^acA	2.70 ± 0.03^cA	2.74 ± 0.02^cB	4.99 ± 0.05^aA	4.97 ± 0.07^aA
IBc + Cd	1290 ± 97^aA	1066 ± 350^aA	286.1 ± 2.7^cA	287.0 ± 4.2^cA	2.67 ± 0.06^cA	2.69 ± 0.03^cA	5.00 ± 0.02^aA	4.98 ± 0.05^aA

Cd cadmium, ILp + Cd inulin, Lactobacillus plantarum and cadmium, IBc + Cd, inulin, Bacillus coagulans and cadmium. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. The different small letters indicate statistically significant differences in columns (P < 0.05). The different capital letters indicate statistically significant differences between days in each parameter (P < 0.05).

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