Parameters Ordinary water Zamzam  water
Control* Carbon tetrachloride Control* Carbon tetrachloride
Catalase (nM/min/ml) 242.7 ± 27.0 a 158.6 ± 35.3 a 135.3 ± 25.0 a 133.6 ± 25.5 a
Superoxide Dismutase (U/l) 4.67 ± 0.49 a 4.44 ± 0.0.20 a 4.66 ± 0.41 a 4.76 ± 0.0.29 a
Serum glutathione (µM) 7.11 ± 2.58 a 9.37 ± 0.69 a 8.93 ± 1.40 a 10.65 ± 0.61 a
Total antioxidant capacity (mM) 2.63 ± 0.19 a 2.08 ± 0.36 a 2.47 ± 0.50 a 4.00 ± 0.26 b
TBARS (µM) 77.4 ± 17.0 a 64.6 ± 10.7 a 79.0 ± .7.2 a 94.5 ± 13.6 a
Means in the same row with the same letter are not significantly different.
Table 7: Serum catalase, superoxide dismutase, total antioxidant capacity, glutathione and tbars in rats given ordinary and Zamzam Water, with or without repeated very small dose (2 ml/kg, experiment 2) carbon tetrachloride treatment.