Applied Microscopy

Table 3 Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities in the rat liver

From: Protective effects of Erythronium japonicum and Corylopsis coreana Uyeki extracts against 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Parameter	Group
Parameter	Control	1,3-DCP	2% Erythronium japonicum	5% Erythronium japonicum	2% Corylopsis coreana Uyeki	5% Corylopsis coreana Uyeki
SOD (units/mg protein)	174.6 ± 33.88	83.3 ± 14.01^,*	93.1 ± 16.17^,*	104.4 ± 16.64^,*	77.1 ± 18.64^,*	108.4 ± 28.77^,*
CAT (units/mg protein)	11.49 ± 1.415	2.40 ± 0.626^,*	2.92 ± 0.638^,*	4.59 ± 0.712^,*,††	2.77 ± 0.339^,*	5.65 ± 0.775^,*,††

1,3-DCP, 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol
Values are presented as means ± SD of seven rats
^*Significant difference at the P < 0.05 level compared with the Control group
^**Significant difference at the P < 0.01 level compared with the Control group
^†Significant difference at the P < 0.05 level compared with the 1,3-DCP group
^††Significant difference at the P < 0.01 level compared with the 1,3-DCP grou

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