Summary of the analysis of various anti-oxidant/lipid peroxides and nitric oxide levels in pancreas of stz treated diabetic rats | |||||||
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Tissue | Group | SOD (Units/mg protein) | CAT (mM H2O2/min/mg protein | GST (mM/min/gm protein) | GPX (mM/min/gm protein) | LPO (μM TMOP) | Nitric oxide (μM nitrite) |
Pancreas [in vivo) | Control | 36.9 ± 1.9 | 911 ± 62.8 | 19.58 ± 0.40 | 116.5 ± 2.6 | 1.3 ± 0.05 | 1.1 ± 0.02 |
STZ [65 mg/kg) | 74.4 ± 3.2* | 1494 ± 41* | 54.8 ± 0.36* | 191 ± 3.9* | 1.5 ± 0.1* | 1.6 ± 0.8* |