Vitamin E and quercetin attenuated the reproductive toxicity mediated by lead acetate in male Wistar

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Table 1 Effect of Vitamin E and quercetin on testicular oxidant and antioxidant enzymes in lead acetate treated male Wistar rats (Values represent mean ± SEM)

Groups	Malondialdehyde (mmol/mg testis)	Catalase (Unit/min/mg testis)	Superoxide dismutase (Unit/mg testis)
Control	1.3 ± 0.35^a	9.5 ± 0.88^a	15.7 ± 2.67^a
Vit E	1.1 ± 0.19^a	14.1 ± 0.77^b	12.9 ± 0.74^a
Quercetin	1.0 ± 0.23^a	12.3 ± 0.65^a	13.2 ± 1.33^a
Pb	2.8 ± 0.30^b	6.5 ± 0.81^b	8.4 ± 0.77^b
Pb + Vit E	1.5 ± 0.24^{a, c}	12.5 ± 1.02^{a, c}	11.4 ± 0.60^{a, c}
Pb + Quercetin	1.4 ± 0.17^{a, c}	10.8 ± 0.75^{a, c}	12.3 ± 0.65^{a, c}

Means bearing different superscripts between groups differ significantly at p < 0.05