Biochemical and Histopathological Studies of Key Tissues in Healthy Male Wistar Rats Fed on African Yam Bean Seed and Tuber Meals

Table 2

Effect of African yam bean seed and tuber meal on superoxide dismutase (SOD), lipid peroxidation (LPO), reduced glutathione (GSH), catalase, and total protein on the testis of healthy Wistar albino rats 72 h after administration.

Meals	SOD	GSH	LPO	Catalase	Total protein
Rat chow	0.31 ± 0.05^a	60.43 ± 4.34^a	0.22 ± 0.10^a	859.77 ± 61.33^c	0.29 ± 0.02^a
50% tuber	0.27 ± 0.01^b	59.62 ± 1.60^a	0.21 ± 0.03^a	917.05 ± 83.80^c	0.24 ± 0.01^c
50% seed	0.34 ± 0.02^a	61.32 ± 2.45^a	0.23 ± 0.04^a	994.38 ± 1.25^b	0.26 ± 0.00^b
100% tuber	0.34 ± 0.02^a	59.32 ± 5.34^a	0.25 ± 0.03^a	1109.86 ± 64.21^a	0.24 ± 0.01^c
100% seed	0.34 ± 0.02^a	61.92 ± 4.38^a	0.26 ± 0.02^a	1130.03 ± 88.48^a	0.27 ± 0.02^a
Mean	0.32	60.52	0.23	1002.22	0.26
LSD (α = 0.05)	0.03	5.43	0.07	68.16	0.01

Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different () using Least Significant Difference. SOD (unit mg⁻¹ protein), GSH (mmoles min⁻¹ mg⁻¹protein), LPO (unit mg⁻¹protein), catalase (mmoles min⁻¹ mg⁻¹protein), and total protein (mg protein) values are presented as means ± SD (n = 6).