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

Table 3 Redox biomarkers in the kidney (mean ± SD)

	C	Cr20	Cr50	D	DCr20	DCr50
H₂O₂ decomposing activity (U mg⁻¹ protein)	637.9 ± 180.7^a	472.7 ± 122.9	285.07 ± 45.5^bd	231.7 ± 65.7^b	356.5 ± 109.6 ^cd	308.3 ± 105.3
SOD (U mg⁻¹ protein)	71.72 ± 15.7^ac	57.54 ± 15.6^bc	50.58 ± 19.03^bc	84.7 ± 17.2^a	59.5 ± 15.8^ab	55.17 ± 13.19^bc
GSH (μmol mg⁻¹ protein)	0.059 ± 0.016^a	0.045 ± 0.009^a	0.047 ± 0.029^a	0.082 ± 0.05^a	0.059 ± 0.01^a	0.076 ± 0.023^a
Protein carbonyls (nmol mg⁻¹ protein)	3.89 ± 0.48^a	4.31 ± 0.88^a	4.33 ± 1.77^a	5.57 ± 1.53^a	5.45 ± 1.67^a	5.89 ± 1.38^a
TΑC (mmol DPPH mg⁻¹ protein)	0.171 ± 0.044^a	0.121 ± 0.031^a	0.143 ± 0.045^a	0.229 ± 0.036^b	0.175 ± 0.047^a	0.183 ± 0.05^a

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

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