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Table 3 Effects of Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr on the NO and MDA contents

From: Aqueous root extract of Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. Has antioxidant activity in D-galactose-induced aging mice

Ā 

Treatment

NO/Ī¼mol Lāˆ’1

MDA/U mgāˆ’1 prot

Brain

Negative control group

12.50Ā Ā±Ā 1.06b

1.43Ā Ā±Ā 0.089b

Aging model group

5.08Ā Ā±Ā 0.850c

2.59Ā Ā±Ā 0.25a

Vc positive control group

26.36Ā Ā±Ā 1.89a

0.89Ā Ā±Ā 0.034c

Extract treatment group

24.34Ā Ā±Ā 1.83a

1.05Ā Ā±Ā 0.028c

Liver

Negative control group

4.95Ā Ā±Ā 0.17b

1.12Ā Ā±Ā 0.27b

Aging model group

1.91Ā Ā±Ā 0.16c

1.55Ā Ā±Ā 0.14a

Vc positive control group

5.57Ā Ā±Ā 0.36a

0.98Ā Ā±Ā 0.11c

Extract treatment group

5.64Ā Ā±Ā 0.31a

1.10Ā Ā±Ā 0.20b

Serum

Negative control group

907.64Ā Ā±Ā 46.14b

24.96Ā Ā±Ā 3.80b

Aging model group

503.26Ā Ā±Ā 27.08c

29.64Ā Ā±Ā 4.46a

Vc positive control group

987.89Ā Ā±Ā 51.27a

21.87Ā Ā±Ā 3.14c

Extract treatment group

965.52Ā Ā±Ā 41.44a

22.97Ā Ā±Ā 2.81c

Heart

Negative control group

4.08Ā Ā±Ā 0.92a

0.39Ā Ā±Ā 0.078b

Aging model group

1.10Ā Ā±Ā 0.24c

2.53Ā Ā±Ā 0.35a

Vc positive control group

3.77Ā Ā±Ā 0.44b

0.36Ā Ā±Ā 0.08b

Extract treatment group

3.61Ā Ā±Ā 0.38b

0.45Ā Ā±Ā 0.08b

Kidney

Negative control group

6.12Ā Ā±Ā 0.62b

2.24Ā Ā±Ā 0.39b

Aging model group

3.09Ā Ā±Ā 0.27c

4.90Ā Ā±Ā 0.51a

Vc positive control group

12.66Ā Ā±Ā 1.45a

1.69Ā Ā±Ā 0.49c

Extract treatment group

13.21Ā Ā±Ā 1.67a

1.73Ā Ā±Ā 0.45c

  1. Note: Data were expressed as meanĀ Ā±Ā SD; One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the difference among groups; Values with different letters showed significant difference
  2. NO nitric oxide, MDA malondialdehyde