Table 1 Changes in CAT, MDA, AOPP, and GSH levels in all groups after an 8-week intervention.

From: Antioxidant effect of chromium picolinate on chronic exercise-induced oxidative stress in male rats

Parameters

Control

Exercise

Chromium

Chromium + 

exercise

p

ηp2

CAT (U/L)

370.3 ± 9.7

356.7 ± 23.0a

357.0 ± 11.6a

326.0 ± 16.2a, b,c

0.000

0.639

MDA (mmol/L)

0.66 ± 0.06

0.78 ± 0.08a

0.78 ± 0.08a

0.83 ± 0.09a

0.004

0.512

AOPP (mmol/L)

40.79 ± 4.04

44.10 ± 1.00a

45.42 ± 2.36a

45.82 ± 2.44a

0.012

0.446

GSH (mmol/L)

1.55 ± 0.23

2.02 ± 0.21a

2.26 ± 0.24a

2.18 ± 0.37a

0.000

0.638

  1. CAT, catalase; MDA, malondialdehyde; AOPP, advanced oxidation protein products; GSH, reduced glutathione; asignificantly different from control, p < 0.001; bsignificantly different from exercise, p < 0.05.; csignificantly different from chromium, p < 0.05. Values are expressed as mean ± SD.