Treatments SOD (U/g tissue)) CAT (U/g tissue) GST (U/ g tissue) LPO (nmol/g tissue) GSH (mmol/ g tissue)
Control 635.1 ± 39.2a 292.4 ± 17.0a 1893.4 ± 75.1a 221.6 ± 12.2a 143.2 ± 6.7a
VC 625.2 ± 32.9ab 285.4 ± 14.5a 1873.2 ± 77.3a 232.8 ± 14.8a 136.6 ± 4.3a
Methomyl 484.4 ± 27.5c 230.0 ± 14.7b 1499.8 ± 48.1b 330.2 ± 19.1b 79.8 ± 7.0b
Methomyl +VC 582.2 ± 34.0b 274.0 ± 16.6a 1772.2 ± 75.3c 283.8 ± 12.9c 106.8 ± 7.2c
Each value is a mean of 6 animals ± SE; values are not sharing superscripts letters (a, b, c, ) differ significantly at p < 0.05; CAT: catalase; GST: glutathione-Stransferase; LPO: lipid peroxidation; GSH: glutathione; VC: vitamin C
Table 2: The effect on the activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT and GST) and the levels of lipid peroxidation (LPO) and non enzymatic antioxidant (GSH) in testis of rat exposed to methomyl and vitamin C.