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Table 6 Effects of SAME on hepatic TBARS, GSH and DNA fragmentation of rat

From: Prevention of hepatorenal toxicity with Sonchus asper in gentamicin treated rats

Treatment

TBARS (nM

/mg protein)

GSH (μM/g

tissue)

DNA fragmentation%

Control (Saline, 0.9% NaCl)

76.9 ± 3.0A

0.74 ± 0.02A

0.48 ± 0.08A

GTM (100 mg/kg bw)

137.4 ± 6.0D

0.48 ± 0.03D

1.34 ± 0.13D

GTM + SAME (100 mg/kg bw)

116.6 ± 5.4C

0.59 ± 0.03C

1.11 ± 0.10C

GTM + SAME (200 mg/kg bw)

104.9 ± 4.4B

0.68 ± 0.04B

0.88 ± 0.09B

SAME (200 mg/kg bw)

76.1 ± 4.1A

0.76 ± 0.03A

0.40 ± 0.08A

  1. Mean ± SD (n = 06). A-D, Means not sharing common letters within a column are significantly (P < 0.01) different from each other.
  2. GTM, gentamicin; SAME, methanol extract of Sonchus asper