Table 2: Effects of Cd and Fe on MDA levels & antioxidant enzyme activities in the serum.
|
Group Designation |
*GROUP A |
GROUP B |
GROUP C |
GROUP D |
|
MDA (mol/dL serum) x 10-5 |
14.73 ± 3.95 |
16.62 ± 4.34 |
17.23 ± 2.87 |
15.12 ± 2.31 |
|
Superoxide Dismutase (units/dL serum) x 10-3 |
40.01 ± 3.85 |
38.48 ± 5.09 |
31.56 ± 2.29 |
35.79 ± 3.63 |
|
Catalase (mol/dL serum) |
25.55 ± 1.63 |
15.25 ± 3.49 |
11.31 ± 5.25a |
10.62 ± 4.15a |
*See Table 1 for description of groups
Values represent Mean ± SEM (n = 5). a Values with superscript ‘a’ within a row are statistically significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) relative to the value of group A.