Palm kernel cake extract exerts hepatoprotective activity in heat-induced oxidative stress in chicken hepatocytes

Table 3 Total protein, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes activity of chicken hepatocytes under oxidative stress induced by high temperature

	Treatments
Items	I	II	III	IV	SEM
Total protein (mg/ml)	0.5^b	0.8^a	0.6^b	0.6^b	0.03
Lipid peroxidation (nM MDA/mg protein)	1.7^c	6.8^a	2.9^b	2.6^b	0.38
SOD activity (U/mg protein)	13.4^a	4.6^c	8.7^b	9.3^b	1.23
CAT activity (U/mg protein)	8.9^a	3.2^d	5.8^c	6.7^bc	1.16
GR activity (U/mg protein)	0.7^a	0.2^d	0.4^c	0.5^bc	0.04

I: Untreated Cells.
II: Heat-induced cells.
III: Heat-induced cells + PKC extract (125 μg /ml).
IV: Heat-induced cells + silymarin (125 μg /ml).
MDA: Malondialdehyde as lipid peroxidation biomarker.
SOD: Superoxide dismutase.
CAT: Catalase.
GR: Glutathione reductase.
Means (n = 3) with different superscripts within row are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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