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Table 3 Effect of GA and LG oral administration on kidney oxidative stress indices

From: Ameliorating effect of gum arabic and lemongrass on chronic kidney disease induced experimentally in rats

	MDA (μmol/g)	GSH (ng/g)	CAT (μmol/g)	SOD (U/g)	TAC (μmol/g)
Group I	24.98 ± 1.28^d	7.48 ± 0.32^a	75.72 ± 2.10^a	54.93 ± 1.85^a	48.39 ± 1.21^a
Group II	59.02 ± 1.94^a	1.90 ± 0.12^d	25.33 ± 2.21^d	13.83 ± 2.14^d	12.09 ± 1.05^d
Group III	41.46 ± 1.40^b	3.07 ± 0.22^c	44.46 ± 1.42^c	23.59 ± 1.69^c	25.85 ± 2.23^c
Group IV	31.24 ± 1.13^c	5.24 ± 0.42^b	50.08 ± 1.19^b	39.67 ± 1.24^b	37.95 ± 1.34^b

Group (I): control group. Group (II): adenine group. Group (III): adenine + GA group. Group (IV): adenine + LG group
Values represent mean ± S.E. with the number of animals (10) in each group. Mean values with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05

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