Research Article

Dose-Dependent Behavioral and Antioxidant Effects of Quercetin and Methanolic and Acetonic Extracts from Heterotheca inuloides on Several Rat Tissues following Kainic Acid-Induced Status Epilepticus

Table 5

Percentage (%) of increase in GPx, GR, CAT, and SOD activities in the cerebellum and prefrontal cortex in the treatment groups (methanolic extract, acetonic extract, and quercetin treated with KA).

TreatmentTreated (KA) GPxTreated (KA) GRTreated (KA) CATTreated (KA) SODTreated (KA) GPxTreated (KA) GRTreated (KA) CATTreated (KA) SOD
TissueCerebellum (% increase)Prefrontal cortex (% increase)

Methanolic extract
 30 mg/kg44.0044.7974.4629.0056.4139.0081.0033.00
 100 mg/kg71.1747.3278.0032.0065.3751.2185.2840.46
 300 mg/kg73.0052.5381.0035.0167.0069.0086.1142.00
Acetonic extract
 30 mg/kg70.2741.1659.8461.6167.7439.2346.6460.66
 100 mg/kg72.0743.3466.9269.1072.2752.0650.8567.86
 300 mg/kg75.9056.8173.4874.6475.0357.7360.8472.24
Quercetin
 30 mg/kg51.3052.3365.3447.0065.0043.0043.4548.20
 100 mg/kg73.0069.0074.3157.0077.0047.4653.0663.19
 300 mg/kg84.3074.0076.0065.3984.1469.0365.0069.17