Fig. 4

The ameliorating effects of Beta vulgarisjuice (BVJ), dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), and their combination (BVJ-DMSA) on the activity of hepatic antioxidant enzymesin Pb-intoxicated rats. (I) the activities of hepatic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) (II) the activities of hepatic glutathione-S transferase (GST) and catalase (III) Heat map diagram clustering all the testedbiochemical parameters that were depleted by Pb. The deep blue color indicates the higher values, activities or fold expression and the light color refers to the lower ones (IV) the fold expression of GST α1.Results are shown as mean ± SE (n = 8). Different letters for the same parameter are significantly different at p < 0.05.C, control; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; GSH, reduced glutathione