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Table 2 Superoxide dismutase activity in rat's serum in relation to diet

From: Effect of dietary supplementation on the prognostic value of urinary and serum 8-isoprostaglandin F2α in chemically-induced mammary carcinogenesis in the rat

diet

Cancerogenic factor

Superoxide dismutase (U/mL) activity in serum

1. Standard diet

DMBA +

19.73 ± 2.82

 

DMBA -

22.34 ± 1.65

2. Zinc 6.9 mg/mL (231 mg Zn/kg diet)

DMBA +

19.52 ± 1.83

 

DMBA -

19,11 ± 3,77

3. Zinc 6.9 mg/mL (231 mg Zn/kg diet) and resveratrol 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw)

DMBA +

20.81 ± 2.02

 

DMBA -

21.96 ± 2.31

4. Zinc (6.9 mg/mL) (231 mg Zn/kg diet) and genistein 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw)

DMBA +

19.69 ± 2.67

 

DMBA -

21.93 ± 2.27

5. Copper 1.3 mg/mL (42.6 mg Cu/kg diet)

DMBA +

20.64 ± 2.24

 

DMBA -

22.29 ± 3.99

6. Copper 1.3 mg/mL (42.6 mg Cu/kg diet) and resveratrol 0.1 mg/mL (0.2 mg/kg bw)

DMBA +

19.74 ± 3.20

 

DMBA -

22.07 ± 4.01

  1. The date refer to serum evaluated at 20 weeks of the animals' age (decapitation time)
  2. Abbreviations: DMBA - 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene; DMBA (+) corresponds to DMBA-treated groups; DMBA (-) corresponds to DMBA-untreated groups;
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