Anti-aging effect and gene expression profiling of dung beetle glycosaminoglycan in aged rats

Biomaterials Research

Table 2 Antioxidant enzyme activities of dung beetle glycosaminoglycan in aged rat liver

Oxydative enzyme	Unit	CON	CaG5	IQG5	CS10
Catalase	mg protein/min	14.77 ± 2.81	21.18 ± 3.88	15.8 ± 4.55	16.73 ± 3.55
Glutathione peroxidase	Unit/mg protein	2.46 ± 0.15	2.59 ± 0.14^*	2.48 ± 0.21	2.59 ± 0.1
Glutathione-s-transeferase	nmol/min/ml	3.07 ± 0.09	3.52 ± 0.24^*	3.04 ± 0.10	3.37 ± 0.07
Superoxide dismutase	nmol/min/ml	381.44 ± 85.32	400.56 ± 60.62	386.72 ± 69.22	513.23 ± 60.07

Each value represents mean ± S.E. Asterisk marks (*) mean significant differences compared with the control (PBS) group (p < 0.05)

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