Level of blood reduced glutathione (GSH) and activities

No.	Groups	GSH (mg%)	SOD (U/ml)	CAT (U/ml)	TBARs (mmol/dl)
(I)	Normal (0.9% saline)	23.50 ± 2.47	39.08 ± 3.00	25.97 ± 4.20	0.42 ± 0.05
(II)	Control: Ferrous sulfate (30 mg/kg b.w.)	13.82 ± 2.09^*a	27.16 ±4.10^*a	9.18 ± 1.84^*a	0.67 ± 0.04^*a
(III)	Cranberry extract (75 mg/kg b.w.)	19.00 ± 3.25^*ab	34.50 ± 4.28^*a	15.66 ± 3.05^*ab	0.55 ± 0.05^*ab
(IV)	Cranberry extract (150 mg/kg b.w.)	24.06 ± 3.17^*bc	41.29 ± 4.08^*b	23.98 ± 2.44^*bc	0.43 ± 0.06^*bc
(V)	Vitamin C (1 g/kg b.w.)	21.44 ± 2.76^*b	33.45 ± 2.68^*abd	20.86 ± 3.10^*abc	0.47 ± 0.04^*ab

Table 5: Level of blood reduced glutathione (GSH) and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and Thiobarbaturic acid reactivesubstances (TBARs) in normal and experimental groups of rats. Values are given as mean ± SD for groups of eight animals each. * Significantlydifferent from normal group at p<0.01. a: significant from normal control; b: significant from ferrous sulfate (30 mg/kg b.w.)supplement group; c:significant from cranberry extract (75 mg/kg b.w.); d: significant from cranberry extract (150 mg/kg b.w.).