Quercetin protects rat skeletal muscle from ischemia reperfusion injury

Figures & data

Table 1. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) enzyme activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in muscle tissue of rats with ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury. The results were suggested as mean ± SEM.

	MDA (nmol g^−1)	SOD (EU mg^−1)	CAT (U g^−1)	GPx (U mg^−1)
Sham^1,*	26.23 ± 0.39^a	21.29 ± 1.73^a	243.52 ± 13.68	64.52 ± 3.68^a
Ischemia^2,*	55.72 ± 3.14^a^,b	20.55 ± 1.54^b	231.59 ± 11.10	45.89 ± 1.22^a
IR^3,*	61.04 ± 1.97^a,c	13.65 ± 0.64^a,b,c	216.77 ± 9.89^a	40.00 ± 1.60^a^,b
Quecetin + IR^4,*	38.82 ± 2.55^a^,b,c	23.26 ± 2.32^c	267.49 ± 6.20^a	53.30 ± 3.13^a^,b

*n = 6.

p Values: ^aMDA: 1–3 p < 0.001, 1–4 p < 0.05; ^bMDA: 2–4 p < 0.001; ^cMDA: 3,4 p < 0.001.

^aSOD: 1–3 p < 0.05; ^bSOD: 2–3 p < 0.05; ^cSOD: 3–4 p < 0.05.

^aCAT: 3–4 p < 0.05; ^aGPx: 1–2,3 p < 0.001, 1–4 p < 0.05.

^bGPx: 3–4 p < 0.05.