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Table 2 Activities of liver antioxidant enzymes.

From: Hepatic oxidative stress in an animal model of sleep apnoea: effects of different duration of exposure

Enzymes

SIH

IH-35

p value

SOD (USOD/mg prot)

4.63 ± 0.26

3.16 ± 0.25

0.0005

GPx (mmol/min/mg prot)

1.00 ± 0.11

0.52 ± 0.06

0.0028

CAT (pmol/mg prot)

1.06 ± 0.04

0.79 ± 0.03

0.0003

  1. Data are mean ± standard error (n = 12 animals/group). SIH: sham intermittent hypoxia group; IH-35: intermittent hypoxia for 35 days. SOD: superoxide dismutase; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; CAT: catalase.
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Comparative Hepatology

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