Table 5

Lipid peroxide concentration in plasma and lung tissue homogenate of rat under different treatment conditions

LP

Groups

Blood (μg/ml plasma)

Lung (μg/g tissue)

Control

106.06 ± 17.10

242.20 ± 18.20

b

NS

NS

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

BA

103.93 ± 15.73

245.75 ± 10.63

a

NS

NS

b

NS

NS

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.001

IR

105.55 ± 14.39

241.31 ± 16.51

a

NS

NS

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

BA +IR

101.04 ± 9.68

247.08 ± 10.01

a

NS

NS

b

NS

NS

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.001

BL

143.66 ± 11.41

287.75 ± 11.28

a

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

b

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

BA + BL

111.71 ± 10.99

267.97 ± 9.82

a

NS

P = 0.019

b

NS

P = 0.016

c

P = 0.0001

NS

BL + IR

99.31 ± 6.78

263.75 ± 6.99

a

NS

P = 0.044

b

NS

P = 0.037

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.027

BA + BL + IR

105.49 ± 9.22

263.31 ± 8.74

a

NS

P = 0.048

b

NS

P = 0.040

c

P = 0.0001

P = 0.025

Each value represents mean ± SD (n = 10).

n = Number of tests

a: Significant difference from Control

b: Significant difference from Irradiation group (IR)

c: Significant difference from BL group (BL)

NS: no significance

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