Table 3: Effects of Cd and Fe on MDA levels & antioxidant enzyme activities in the ovary.
Group Designation |
*GROUP A |
GROUP B |
GROUP C |
GROUP D |
MDA (mol/dL serum) x 10-5 |
56.44 ± 6.32 |
37.47 ± 7.19 |
19.32 ± 3.40a |
42.42 ± 7.47 |
Superoxide Dismutase (units/mg tissue) x 10-3 |
43.29 ± 5.32 |
39.57 ± 4.69 |
36.04 ± 6.13 |
39.31 ± 1.70 |
Catalase (mol/mg tissue) |
7.89 ± 2.56 |
20.76 ± 3.45 |
6.18 ± 9.72 |
34.35 ± 1.08a |
*See Table 1 for description of groups
Values represent Mean ± SEM (n = 4). A values with superscript ‘a’ within a row are statistically significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) relative to the value of group A.