Effect of crocin on antioxidant gene expression, fibrinolytic parameters, redox status and blood biochemistry in nicotinamide-streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Table 2 Redox biomarkers in the liver (mean ± SD)

	C	Cr20	Cr50	D	DCr20	DCr50
H₂O₂ decomposing activity (U mg⁻¹ protein)	377.57 ± 67.58	391.39 ± 74.64	378.68 ± 47.64	357.27 ± 97.14	473.94 ± 143.44	353.5 ± 113.26
SOD (U mg⁻¹ protein)	33.9 ± 3.55^a	34.65 ± 10.88	69.56 ± 15.89^b	50.8 ± 13.4	59.1 ± 17.26	34.28 ± 10.21
GSH (μmol mg⁻¹ protein)	0.036 ± 0.006^a	0.035 ± 0.007	0.072 ± 0.024^b	0.042 ± 0.009	0.056 ± 0.023	0.044 ± 0.014
Protein carbonyls (nmol mg⁻¹ protein)	1.44 ± 0.62	2.81 ± 1.4	3.12 ± 0.98	3.05 ± 1.31	3.3 ± 1.37	1.9 ± 1.1
TΑC (mmol DPPH mg⁻¹ protein)	0.160 ± 0.02^ab	0.13 ± 0.03	0.259 ± 0.08^c	0.227 ± 0.07^bc	0.215 ± 0.08	0.13 ± 0.04^a

Different superscripts in the same row represent statistically significant differences (p < 0.05)

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