Table 4. Levels of vitamin C and E and GSH in the brain tissue of diabetic
rats.
|
Name
of the group |
Vitamin C (mg/mg protein) |
Vitamin E (mg/mg protein) |
GSH
(mg/100 g of tissue) |
|
Normal control |
1.54±.14b |
0.75±.07a |
87.09±6.04b |
|
Normal+ UMB (30 mg/kg b.wt.) |
1.88±.11a |
0.84±.05c |
96.20±7.27a |
|
Diabetic control |
0.79±.07d |
0.95±.06d |
49.76±3.85d |
|
Diabetic+ UMB (30 mg/kg b.wt.) |
1.35±.13c |
0.79±.08b |
76.43±3.85c |
Values are given as means ± S.D from six rats in each group.
Values not sharing a common superscript vertically differ significantly at P<0.05 (DMRT).