Table 2 Effects of Silymarin on OS/NSS parameters.
Parameters | Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ctrl | SLY | CO | CCl4 | Treat-CCl4 | Prot-CCl4 | |
NO (µM/mg protein) | 4.94 ± 0.2a | 4.43 ± 0.1a | 10.5 ± 0.7b | 24.5 ± 0.8c | 14.4 ± 0.8d | 10.8 ± 0.9b |
MDA (nmol/mg protein) | 1.71 ± 0.1a | 1.68 ± 0.1a | 3.14 ± 0.2b | 6.00 ± 0.2c | 3.39 ± 0.2d | 1.95 ± 0.3e |
GSH (mg/mg protein) | 2.01 ± 0.0a | 2.01 ± 0.0a | 1.65 ± 0.1b | 0.25 ± 0.0c | 1.57 ± 0.0d | 1.90 ± 0.0e |
GR (µmol/min/mg protein) | 0.02 ± 0.0a | 0.02 ± 0.0a | 0.03 ± 0.0b | 0.06 ± 0.0c | 0.04 ± 0.0d | 0.02 ± 0.0a |
GST (µmol/min/mg protein) | 6.41 ± 0.2a | 6.45 ± 0.2a | 4.30 ± 0.0b | 1.06 ± 0.0c | 3.93 ± 0.0d | 5.86 ± 0.1e |
GPx (U/mg protein) | 16.0 ± 0.4a | 16.4 ± 0.2ad | 12.0 ± 1.7b | 4.0 ± 0.1c | 12.3 ± 0.3b | 16.8 ± 0.7d |
SOD (U/mg protein) | 8.98 ± 0.4a | 9.34 ± 0.4a | 5.53 ± 0.4b | 3.73 ± 0.4c | 6.44 ± 0.3d | 7.49 ± 0.4e |