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.