Ameliorating potency of Chenopodium album Linn. and vitamin C against mercuric chloride-induced oxidative stress in testes of Sprague Dawley rats

Table 3 Protective effect of C. album extract against HgCl₂-induced alteration in tissue protein content, oxidative stress markers, and antioxidant status

Parameters	Control	Mercury	Mercury + vit C	Mercury + C. album	C. album alone
Total protein (mg/g of tissue)	72.41 ± 2.26	43.65 ± 1.76a***	57.46 ± 2.68ab	59.30 ± 2.11ab	73.01 ± 2.16⁺⁺⁺
ROS (U/min)	1.26 ± 0.28	3.15 ± 0.30a***	1.71 ± 0.14b**	2.07 ± 0.09b*	1.23 ± 0.26⁺⁺⁺⁺
TBARS (nmol/min/mg)	3.12 ± 0.89	9.55 ± 0.63a***	2.32 ± 0.32b*d	5.72 ± 0.49ab*	3.02 ± 0.81⁺⁺⁺
CAT (U/min)	35.74 ± 3.33	22.87 ± 1.65a**	31.36 ± 2.29	29.07 ± 1.36	36.79 ± 3.13⁺⁺
SOD (U/min)	19.77 ± 1.11	9.16 ± 1.00a**	14.45 ± 1.40	15.82 ± 2.57b*	20.71 ± 1.20⁺⁺
POD (nmol)	16.05 ± 0.95	3.78 ± 0.47a***	13.07 ± 1.14b***	11.55 ± 0.95ab**	17.15 ± 0.91⁺⁺⁺
GST (U/mol/mg)	42.21 ± 1.95	22.74 ± 1.27a**	41.19 ± 3.68b**	29.85 ± 4.03a*	43.29 ± 1.89⁺⁺

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM; “*,” “**,” and “***” indicating significance level from control group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels. “⁺,” “⁺⁺,” and “⁺⁺⁺” indicate significance level from Mercury group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels, whereas “⁻,” “⁻⁻,” and “⁻⁻⁻” indicate significance from Mercury + vit C group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels, respectively

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