Protective Effect of Quercetin on Melphalan-Induced Oxidative Stress and Impaired Renal and Hepatic Functions in Rat

Table 4

Protective effect of quercetin on melphalan-induced changes in hepatic SOD and CAT activities in rats.

Treatment	SOD (Units)	CAT (mole H2O2 consumed/min/mg protein)
CTRL	8.38 ± 0.18	0.23 ± 0.02
MPLN	5.5 ± 0.22 (34.4%)^*	0.11 ± 0.01 (52.2%)^*
MPLN + QCT-P	7.04 ± 0.17^*†	0.19 ± 0.01^*†
MPLN + QCT-C	7.48 ± 0.18^*†	0.18 ± 0.01^*†
QCT-A	7.84 ± 0.11^*†	0.22 ± 0.02^*

Data represent the means ± SD for five rats in each group; ^*significantly different from the CTRL; ^†significantly different from MPLN. Values in parenthesis represent percentage (%) decrease.