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Table 4 Effect of palm oil fractions on activities of tissue and serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) of rats administered CdCl2 (Units g−1 tissue) or (Units ml−1) in serum

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

70.38 ± 5.72a

25.36 ± 2.63b

63.38 ± 2.66ac

69.39 ± 4.36a

55.66 ± 2.60ac

63.56 ± 2.66c

Kidney

76.85 ± 3.07ac

39.15 ± 5.30b

80.16 ± 6.28a

76.19 ± 4.08ac

68.19 ± 4.28c

67.36 ± 5.36c

Heart

69.0.81 ± 4.33a

50.41 ± 5.37b

63.16 ± 5.06a

60.49 ± 3.46ab

62.95 ± 8.26a

69.03 ± 3.81a

Brain

47.73 ± 3.40a

47.71 ± 6.17a

48.37 ± 5.93a

47.45 ± 5.20a

44.25 ± 8.27a

45.95 ± 1.98a

Muscle

63.28 ± 3.81a

54.75 ± 7.15a

56.75 ± 7.82a

57.29 ± 5.17a

62.64 ± 8.97a

63.44 ± 7.39a

Serum

76.34 ± 1.63a

52.86 ± 3.36b

62.05 ± 5.71c

73.02 ± 2.99a

64.33 ± 3.29c

65.02 ± 2.45c

Twenty four hours

Liver

68.80 ± 3.43a

21.44 ± 2.81b

57.42 ± 2.36c

68.93 ± 3.40a

50.65 ± 2.16d

57.26 ± 1.87c

Kidney

70.15 ± 4.36a

38.64 ± 2.51b

74.25 ± 4.36a

64.50 ± 3.35ac

55.97 ± 3.83d

65.82 ± 2.33c

Heart

68.74 ± 1.87a

49.04 ± 4.74b

62.16 ± 3.21ac

58.62 ± 2.33c

65.72 ± 6.72ac

62.99 ± 3.64a

Brain

45.98 ± 3.53a

45.48 ± 5.15a

45.41 ± 5.29a

41.45 ± 2.57a

41.84 ± 5.74a

42.40 ± 1.65a

Muscle

64.81 ± 7.41a

49.74 ± 7.59b

50.15 ± 6.20b

54.16 ± 3.60b

53.35 ± 6.18b

64.75 ± 2.98a

Serum

73.80 ± 3.40a

51.38 ± 4.16b

58.03 ± 6.28b

70.26 ± 1.62a

59.93 ± 1.86b

42.80 ± 2.58c

Forty eight hours

Liver

68.46 ± 3.28a

19.50 ± 1.91b

52.00 ± 3.65c

57.50 ± 3.41c

49.00 ± 3.42c

53.50 ± 2.58c

Kidney

67.00 ± 2.58a

35.00 ± 4.16b

50.24 ± 3.65 cd

57.08 ± 2.58c

58.75 ± 4.57c

46.64 ± 3.65d

Heart

66.54 ± 4.43a

46.04 ± 3.65b

50.35 ± 0.365bc

53.50 ± 3.41bc

56.48 ± 1.63c

60.28 ± 4.32ac

Brain

45.55 ± 5.00a

43.25 ± 4.11a

45.50 ± 5.51a

40.51 ± 2.51a

39.35 ± 2.58a

42.25 ± 3.09a

Muscle

63.62 ± 2.61a

52.64 ± 7.52b

67.57 ± 3.56a

56.83 ± 7.34ab

54.26 ± 3.68ab

62.02 ± 4.40ab

Serum

68.50 ± 3.41a

45.48 ± 3.45b

54.06 ± 4.32bc

63.50 ± 3.42a

57.08 ± 2.58c

48.50 ± 6.19bc

  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 = CdCl23 = CF + CdCl2, 4  = GF + CdCl2,5 = BF + CdCl2, 6 = UF + CdCl2