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Table 7 Effects of SAME on renal 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)

58.77 ± 6.4AB

0.82 ± 0.02A

0.21 ± 0.09A

GTM (100 mg/kg bw)

81.07 ± 7.92D

0.56 ± 0.03D

2.14 ± 0.11C

GTM + SAME (100 mg/kg bw)

70.48 ± 6.78C

0.67 ± 0.03C

1.62 ± 0.28C

GTM + SAME (200 mg/kg bw)

61.10 ± 5.82B

0.76 ± 0.04B

0.95 ± 0.14B

SAME (200 mg/kg bw)

59.62 ± 7.03AB

0.84 ± 0.03A

0.22 ± 0.04A

  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