Table 3 Effect of the methanolic extract of the fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica and Emblica officinalis on the activities of antioxidant enzymes and reduced glutathione content in liver of normal mice

Control

Group I

1.28 ± 0.35

0.29 ± 0.16

0.09 ± 0.04

2.8 ± 0.7

Terminalia chebula

Group II

2.33 ± 0.24***

0.51 ± 0.22

0.11 ± 0.07

3.35 ± 0.5

Group III

3.14 ± 0.37***

0.74 ± 0.4

0.26 ± 0.05**

3.52 ± 0.5*

Group IV

3.75 ± 0.27***

1.08 ± 0.23*

0.37 ± 0.04***

3.51 ± 0.2

Terminalia belerica

Group V

2.61 ± 0.22***

0.43 ± 0.06

0.15 ± 0.1

3.42 ± 0.3

Group VI

3.62 ± 0.24***

0.65 ± 0.2

0.67 ± 0.15*

4 ± 0.1

Group VII

3.89 ± 0.15***

0.66 ± 0.1**

0.71 ± 0.3

4.04 ± 0.12

Emblica officinalis

Group VIII

2.31 ± 0.18**

0.33 ± 0.2

0.14 ± 0.2

3.04 ± 0.07

Group IX

4.01 ± 0.17***

1.02 ± 0.15**

0.41 ± 0.15*

3.85 ± 0.2

Group X

4.56 ± 0.18***

1.06 ± 0.1**

0.64 ± 0.1**

4.13 ± 0.1