Table 6 Impact of Murcott and Merav fruits and leaves on ovarian oxidative stress markers in PCOS-induced mice.

No.	Group	GSH (mg/g tissue)	SOD (IU/g tissue)	CAT (IU/g tissue)	MDA (nmol/mg tissue)
I	Normal control	9.97 ± 0.43	11.84 ± 0.73	36.43 ± 1.78	198.8 ± 12.15
II	PCOS-induced group [HFD + Letrozole (90 µg /kg.b.w)]	3.58^a ± 0.25	4.63^a ± 0.27	17.26^ab ± 1.21	306.7^ab ± 12.88
III	PCOS + MTF (500 mg/kg.b.w)	5.71 ^ab ± 0.36	6.75 ^ab ± 0.13	23.78^ab ± 2.70	235.6^ab ± 9.75
IV	PCOS + MTL (500 mg/kg.b.w)	7.27 ^abc ± 0.59	8.26 ^abc ± 0.36	27.10^ab ± 1.17	217.1^b ± 16.62
V	PCOS + MVF (500 mg/kg.b.w)	6.60 ^abc ± 0.33	7.33 ^abd ± 0.44	25.46^ab ± 2.52	224.4^ab ± 6.11
VI	PCOS + MVL (500 mg/kg.b.w)	8.59 ^abcde ± 0.43	9.81 ^abcde ± 0.36	31.70^abcde ± 2.86	204.8^bc ± 9.99
VII	PCOS + Metformin (300 mg/kg.b.w)	6.25 ^abdf ± 0.49	6.83 ^abdf ± 0.55	22.10^abdf ± 2.48	251.4^abdef ± 13.98
	F	138.7^*	168.1^*	49.19^*	55.46*
	p	< 0.05^*	< 0.05^*	< 0.05^*	< 0.05*

Data shown mean ± standard deviation of number of observations within each treatment. F: for One way ANOVA test, pairwise comparison between each group was done using Post Hoc Test (Tukey). *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.
a: Significant with Group I, b: Significant with Group II, c: Significant with group III, d: Significant with Group IV, e: Significant with Group V, f: Significant with Group VI, Abbreviation: Murcott Fruit (MTF), Murcott Leaves (MTL), Merav Fruit (MVF), and Merav Leaves (MVL).

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