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Table 2 Effect of palm oil fractions on levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) in tissues and serum of rats administered cadmium (µmol/mg protein)

From: Palm oil extracts protected against cadmium chloride poisoning via inhibition of oxidative stress in rats

Tissues

Experimental groups

1

2

3

4

5

6

Twelve hours

Liver

22.25 ± 3.52a

12.75 ± 2.22b

14.00 ± 1.83b

16.50 ± 2.08b

15.05 ± 2.25b

14.25 ± 3.86b

Kidney

16.32 ± 1.83a

11.85 ± 2.55b

12.69 ± 2.40b

14.67 ± 1.30b

11.79 ± 1.80b

11.72 ± 1.4b

Heart

8.29 ± 0.82a

4.61 ± 0.39b

6.36 ± 1.49ab

5.99 ± 1.23ab

5.12 ± 0.91ab

8.15 ± 1.52a

Brain

1.96 ± 0.46

2.12 ± 0.39

1.74 ± 0.54

1.27 ± 0.19

1.69 ± 0.52

1.22 ± 0.39

Muscle

2.48 ± 0.22

2.04 ± 0.39

2.10 ± 0.32

1.80 ± 0.59

2.10 ± 0.199

2.10 ± 0.21

Serum

10.22 ± 1.86

8.00 ± 1.42

10.64 ± 1.54

9.94 ± 2.95

9.53 ± 1.47

9.39 ± 1.41

Twenty four hours

Liver

21.10 ± 2.58a

7.75 ± 1.71b

11.23 ± 2.45bc

15.75 ± 0.96c

12.71 ± 2.14c

13.88 ± 2.58c

Kidney

13.76 ± 1.26a

5.78 ± 0.73b

10.95 ± 1.62ac

12.88 ± 0.90ac

10.45 ± 1.49c

10.75 ± 1.75c

Heart

7.55 ± 0.97a

4.30 ± 0.48b

5.50 ± 1.17a

5.84 ± 0.87a

5.17 ± 0.92a

6.68 ± 1.07a

Brain

2.80 ± 0.75a

2.02 ± 0.31b

1.82 ± 0.35bc

1.36 ± 0.15c

1.66 ± 0.32bc

1.12 ± 0.29c

Muscle

2.43 ± 0.24

1.94 ± 0.48

1.99 ± 0.38

1.83 ± 0.43

1.99 ± 0.25

1.99 ± 0.24

Serum

10.05 ± 1.57a

5.02 ± 0.91b

9.35 ± 1.42a

8.40 ± 2.09ac

8.08 ± 1.58bc

7.25 ± 1.32c

Forty eight hours

Liver

20.00 ± 1.63a

7.00 ± 1.64b

9.70 ± 1.83b

14.50 ± 2.08c

11.21 ± 2.65bc

11.50 ± 1.91c

Kidney

11.96 ± 1.67a

5.48 ± 0.97b

9.50 ± 1.04ac

11.38 ± 1.41a

8.95 ± 0.87c

9.70 ± 0.93ac

Heart

7.30 ± 1.20a

4.15 ± 0.60b

5.03 ± 0.76b

5.37 ± 0.45ab

4.70 ± 0.95b

5.95 ± 1.32ab

Brain

2.71 ± 0.77a

1.80 ± 0.16b

1.70 ± 0.26b

1.29 ± 0.11b

1.50 ± 0.12b

1.26 ± 0.43b

Muscle

2.27 ± 0.28

1.81 ± 0.35

1.79 ± 0.17

1.70 ± 0.48

1.87 ± 0.15

1.85 ± 0.19

Serum

9.35 ± 1.07a

4.90 ± 0.96b

8.35 ± 0.53a

7.43 ± 1.16a

7.38 ± 0.97a

6.63 ± 0.96ab

  1. All values are expressed as Mean ± SD, values sharing different alphabet superscript on the same row showed a significant difference.
  2. Key: 1 = Control, 2 = CdCl2 3 = CF + CdCl2, 4  = GF + CdCl2,5 = BF + CdCl2, 6 = UF + CdCl2