Antioxidant Potential of Spirulina platensis Mitigates Oxidative Stress and Reprotoxicity Induced by Sodium Arsenite in Male Rats
Table 1
Effect of S. platensis on testicular oxidative stress parameters in arsenic treated rats.
Parameter
Treatment
Control
Arsenic
S. platensis + arsenic
S. platensis
MDA (nmol/mg protein)
10.48 ± 0.36
22.83 ± 0.89
14.95 ± 0.65
8.76 ± 0.67
SOD (unit/mg protein)
24.27 ± 0.65
9.11 ± 0.35
16.81 ± 0.44
26.89 ± 0.21
Catalase (mol/min/mg protein)
30.28 ± 1.06
15.86 ± 0.35
22.75 ± 0.74
32.11 ± 2.10
GSH (nmol/mg protein)
27.25 ± 1.47
14.13 ± 0.89
21.25 ± 1.14
39.87 ± 1.86
TNF- (pg/100 mg tissue)
11.48 ± 0.21
108.12 ± 3.15
46.92 ± 2.71
10.65 ± 0.47
Nitric oxide (nmol/100 mg tissue)
85.20 ± 4.14
216.92 ± 5.78
130.41 ± 6.37
87.14 ± 3.60
All numbers are mean + standard error, . Significantly different from control value, , . Significantly different from arsenic group value, . MDA: malondialdehyde; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GSH: reduced glutathione; TNF-: tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
