Table 2 Antioxidant status of trichinosis mice treated with pumpkin decoction.
Groups | Subgroups | GSH mg/ g tissue | GR µmol/mg protein/ min | GST µmol/mg protein/ min | CAT U/ mg protein | SOD U/ mg protein |
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Uninfected group | -ve control | 3.37 ± 0.22c | 3.13 ± 0.14c | 1.55 ± 0.04d | 3.78 ± 0.17b | 6.73 ± 0.16d |
Infected group | + ve control | 2.71 ± 0.19d | 2.13 ± 0.14d | 1.05 ± 0.04e | 2.78 ± 0.17c | 4.06 ± 0.41e |
Treated groups | Pumpkin decoction | 4.38 ± 0.37ab | 3.76 ± 0.15b | 2.12 ± 0.13ab | 4.73 ± 0.22a | 9.16 ± 0.66b |
Honey | 4.43 ± 0.41ab | 3.80 ± 0.20b | 2.04 ± 0.03bc | 3.90 ± 0.34b | 8.32 ± 0.18c | |
Pumpkin decoction + honey | 4.86 ± 0.06a | 4.56 ± 0.16a | 2.28 ± 0.15a | 5.04 ± 0.27a | 10.42 ± 0.39a | |
Standard | 4.24 ± 0.44b | 3.80 ± 0.29b | 1.87 ± 0.09c | 3.84 ± 0.33b | 7.41 ± 0.16d |