|
Parameters &
(Normal value) |
Group A
(n=13) |
Group B
(n=9) |
| Pre-treatment |
Post- treatment
(AA & AD) |
Pre-treatment |
Post-treatment
(Placebo & AD) |
| Plasma ascorbic acid (5µg/m1-15µg/ml) |
4.45 ± 0.27 |
7.49 ± 1.5* |
5.62 ± 0.7 |
5.14 ± 0.49a |
The values are the means ± S.E; Ascorbic acid levels were expressed as μg/ml;*, significantly different from pre-treatment group A or B at P ≤ 0.05; asignificantlydifferent from group A after treatment at P ≤ 0.05; AA, ascorbic acid; AD,antidepressant drugs |
