Table 2 Oxidant/antioxidant markers in erythrocytes lysate (mean ± SE) in T. evansi infected and healthy control animals.

From: Biochemical and genotyping analyses of camels (Camelus dromedaries) trypanosomiasis in North Africa

Parameters

Control

Infected

TAC (mmol/l)

0.48 ± 0.012

0.46 ± 0.009

MDA (nmol/ml)

1.42 ± 0.025

3.46 ± 0.164**

GSH (µg/mg Hb)

0.11 ± 0.003

0.30 ± 0.005**

SOD (U/mg Hb)

3.31 ± 0.044

4.24 ± 0.113*

CAT (µmol H2O2 decomposes/min/ml)

0.06 ± 0.003

0.18 ± 0.007*

  1. *Significant (P < 0.05).
  2. **Highly significant (P < 0.001).
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