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Table 4 Measurement of the total protein concentration, antioxidant activity, lipid peroxidation of the tissue homogenates

From: Effects of Thymus hirtus sp. algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. (Lamiaceae) essential oil on healing gastric ulcers according to sex

Groups

Lipid peroxidation nmol MDA/mg protein

Protein concentration (μg/ml)

GSH (μmol/mg protein)

SOD U/mg protein

CAT μmol H2O2consumed /min/mg protein

GPx μmol GSH/mg protein/ml

GST nmol of CDNB conjugate formed/min/mg protein

Group 1

0.190* ± 0.02

23.75* ± 0.75

0.085* ± 0.84

17* ± 0.45

2.13* ± 0.33

1.82* ± 0.54

0.9* ± 0.67

Group 2

0.224* ± 0.02

16.25* ± 0.08

0.050* ± 0.00

15.38* ± 0.06

2.49* ± 0.87

1.25* ± 0.09

0.82* ± 0.02

Group 3

0.098# ± 0.03

113.75# ± 0.54

1.282# ± 0.51

94.54# ± 0.02

11.15# ± 0.72

4.82# ± 0.68

6.44# ± 0.05

Group 4

0.134*# ± 0.03

47.5*# ± 0.76

0.55*# ± 0.71

23.25*# ± 0.04

8.94*# ± 0.02

1.81*# ± 0.19

0.84*# ± 0.04

Group 5

0.093*# ± 0.02

90*# ± 0.05

1.260*# ± 0.76

27.85*# ± 0.06

4.25*# ± 0.80

2.22*# ± 0.66

1.02*# ± 0.08

Group 6

0.024*# ± 0.03

191*# ± 0.21

3.895*# ± 0.79

91.85*# ± 0.03

19.68*# ± 0.40

4*# ± 0.05

4.96*# ± 0.37

Group 7

0.036*# ± 0.08

122.5*# ± 0.42

1.926*# ± 0.60

121.73*# ± 0.01

11.46*# ± 0.90

3.8*# ± 0.78

6.93*# ± 0.57

Group 8

0.021*# ± 0.01

178.75*# ± 0.18

2.880*# ± 0.12

153.33*# ± 0.07

18.31*# ± 0.10

5.82*# ± 0.98

7.24*# ± 0.73

Group 9

0.019*# ± 0.09

193*# ± 0.02

3.798*# ± 0.23

178.66*# ± 0.01

20.24*# ± 0.08

6.1*# ± 0.75

9.07*# ± 0.72

  1. This experiment consists of the control (FR) (Group 1), the control (MR) (Group 2), the reference group pretreated with 20 mg kg−1 of omeprazole (Group 3), the experimental groups MR (Groups 4–6): received 54 mg/kg, 117 mg/kg and 180 mg/kg of the EOT as a pre-treatment and the experimental groups FR (Groups 7–9): received 54 mg/kg, 117 mg/kg and 180 mg/kg of the EOT as a pre-treatment. Value are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6), Significant difference at P < 0.05 (ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s test) compared with normal control and ulcer control group, MDA, Malondialdehyde; SOD, superoxide dismutase; CAT, catalase; GSH, reduced glutathione; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; GST, glutathione transferase; *significant when compared to the ulcer control groups (1 and 2); #significant when compared to the reference control group (3).