Table 2 Antioxidant status of trichinosis mice treated with pumpkin decoction.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo subsp. ovifera) decoction promotes Trichinella spiralis expulsion during intestinal phase via “Weep and Sweep” mechanism

Groups

Subgroups

GSH

mg/ g tissue

GR

µmol/mg protein/ min

GST

µmol/mg protein/ min

CAT

U/ mg protein

SOD

U/ mg protein

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

  1. Results are shown as the means ± SE of six duplicates. The results were construed using one-way ANOVA using BIM-SPSS version 25, P ≤ 0.001, Value with the same letter has no significance but the value with different letter has significant at 0.001.