Impact of gasoline inhalation on some neurobehavioural characteristics of male rats

BMC Physiology

Table 6 Effect of chronic exposure to two types of gasoline vapour on the contents of lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase activity of cerebral cortex in male rats.

	GROUP
Parameter	Control	Leaded gasoline	Unleaded gasoline
Lipid peroxidation (MAD) nmol/gwet tissue	4.35 ± 0.79	4.456 ± 0.71	6.57 ± 1.37 a b
Reduced glutathione (GSH) mgGSH/g wet tissue	5.834 ± 0.76	3.635 ± 0.43 a***	4.7 ± 0.86 a* b*
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) Unit/g wet tissue	267.26 ± 18.46	253.79 ± 14.74	192.56 ± 19.78 a* b*

Values are expressed as means ± SD
a: significantly different from the control group.
b: significantly different from the leaded gasoline.
Asterisks indicate the level of significance (* P < 0.05; ** P 0.01; *** P < 0.001.)
The number of animals in each experimental group was 6.

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