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Table 6 Antioxidant parameters of rats fed with breakfast food

From: Hepatotoxicity and biochemical evaluation of a novel breakfast food produced from the blend of fonio (Digitaria iburua Stapf) and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh) in albino rats

Groups

Antioxidant parameters

Catalase (u/ml/min)

SOD (u/ml)

MDA (μM)

Standard feed

32.06 ± 2.03b

1.89 ± 0.42ab

2.98 ± 0.77a

100 % fonio

34.51 ± 0.13b

2.48 ± 0.43b

6.00 ± 1.12b

80:20 fonio-pigeon pea

32.60 ± 1.25b

1.93 ± 0.02ab

2.21 ± 0.71a

Corn flakes

16.96 ± 0.30a

1.14 ± 0.26a

4.45 ± 0.35ab

  1. Values were expressed as mean ± SEM and considered significant at p < 0.05. Values with different superscript letters along the same column are significantly different