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Table 2 Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione-peroxidase (GSH-Px) and glutathione reductase (GR) enzyme activities in the livers of male Swiss mice fed on two different diets

From: The antioxidant response of the liver of male Swiss mice raised on a AIN 93 or commercial diet

Diet

SOD(units/mg protein)

CAT(μmol/min/mg protein)

GSH-Px(μmol/min/mg protein)

GR(μmol/min/mg protein)

AIN 93

- 654.9 ± 5.3

203.1 ± 5.8

7.2 ± 0.3

0.4 ± 0.0

Commercial

106.1 ± 0.7

154.9 ± 3.1

6.3 ± 0.5

0.7 ± 0.0

P values

0.0022

0.0022

0.3052

0.0022

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). n = 6 for both diets.