Table 1 Mean ± SE of biochemical markers in control, PQ administrated, co-administrated and SPS administrated groups.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Sciadopitysin mitigates spermatological and testicular damage instigated by paraquat administration in male albino rats

Parameters

Groups

Control

PQ

PQ + SPS

SPS

CAT (Umg-1 protein)

10.60 ± 0.33a

4.86 ± 0.22c

8.12 ± 0.12b

10.66 ± 0.35a

SOD (Umg-1 protein)

7.05 ± 0.08a

2.91 ± 0.13c

5.44 ± 0.27b

7.11 ± 0.11a

GPx (Umg-1 protein)

27.74 ± 1.02a

9.81 ± 0.16c

19.22 ± 0.69b

28.31 ± 1.19a

GSR (nM NADPH oxidized/min/mg tissue)

5.84 ± 0.14a

1.34 ± 0.08c

4.59 ± 0.17b

5.89 ± 0.17a

ROS (Umg-1 tissue)

0.58 ± 0.07a

6.77 ± 0.11c

1.89 ± 0.14b

0.56 ± 0.08a

MDA (nmol/mg protein)

0.73 ± 0.06a

3.23 ± 0.12c

1.38 ± 0.09b

0.71 ± 0.06a

  1. Values with dissimilar letters are substantially (P < 0.05) dissimilar from other groups. PQ: Paraquat; SPS Sciadopitysin; CAT: Catalase; SOD: Superoxide dismutase; GPx: Glutathione peroxidase; GSR: Glutathione reductase; MDA: Malondialdehyde; ROS: reactive oxygen species.