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Table 1 Blood biomarkers of oxidative stress

From: Vitamin C partially attenuates male reproductive deficits in hyperglycemic rats

Groups

Normoglycemic

(n = 10)

Hyperglycemic

(n = 10)

Hyperglycemic + vitamin C (n = 9)

TBARS (nmol/g Hb)

39.04 [32.82 - 52.82]a

456.78 [391.30 - 630.00]b

96.60 [75.02 - 132.20]a

SOD (UI/mg Hb)

1842.80 [1434.73 - 3481.02] a

3929.30 [3687.09 - 5044.50] b

2000.00 [1603.20 - 2257.96]a

GSHt (μmol/g Hb)

0.05 [0.04 - 0.07] a

0.08 [0.04 - 0.12] a

0.29 [0.23 - 0.33] b

GSH-Px (UI/g Hb)

0.33 [0.28 - 0.65] a

0.02 [0.01 - 0.09] b

0.13 [0.13 - 0.16] a

  1. Values expressed as median [Q1 - Q3]. a, b Different letters indicate groups that differ statistically (p < 0.05). Kruskal - wallis test, with the post hoc Dunn test.