Antioxidant and hepatic protective effects of lotus root hot water extract with taurine supplementation in rats fed a high fat diet

Table 4 Effect of lotus root hot water extract with taurine on TBARS and antioxidant enzymes

Group	Hepatic TBARS (nmol/mg protein)			Serum TBARS (µmol/L serum)			SOD (IU/mg protein)			GSH-Px (IU/mg protein)			Catalase (IU/mg protein)
N	26.4	±	2.5^a	2.97	±	0.71^a	9.96	±	0.23^c	0.10	±	0.02^a	150.83	±	17.61^b
HF	55.4	±	4.2^b	4.92	±	0.41^b	2.26	±	0.53^a	0.10	±	0.02^a	82.94	±	11.22^a
HFR	43.5	±	6.9^ab	5.16	±	0.68^b	6.54	±	1.18^b	0.43	±	0.13^b	154.24	±	16.72^b
HFRT	51.3	±	15.0^ab	4.91	±	0.65^b	3.06	±	0.36^a	0.30	±	0.03^ab	159.49	±	12.72^b

TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidise; Values are mean ± SE; Values with different superscripts within the column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test

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