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Table 6 Glycemia and serum oxidative stress

From: Influence of apocynin on cardiac remodeling in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus

 

CTL

(n = 8)

CTL + APO

(n = 8)

DM

(n = 8)

DM + APO

(n = 8)

Glycemia (mg/dL)

100 ± 22

100 ± 16

599 ± 5*

589 ± 37#

Catalase (μmol/g)

4.21 ± 1.10

3.88 ± 1.40

1.08 ± 0.58*

4.43 ± 1.73§

SOD (nmol/mg)

6.43 ± 0.59

5.65 ± 0.56*

5.35 ± 0.28*

6.67 ± 0.80#§

GSH-Px (nmol/mg)

42.2 ± 7.70

25.0 ± 4.41*

30.9 ± 3.43*

29.5 ± 3.44

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. CTL control, CTL + APO control treated with apocynin, DM diabetes mellitus, DM + APO diabetes mellitus treated with apocynin, SOD superoxide dismutase, GSH-Px glutathione peroxidase
  3. * p < 0.05 vs CTL; # p < 0.05 vs CTL + APO; § p < 0.05 vs DM
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