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ON TESTIS AND EPlDlDYMlS OF RATS - Pondicherry University ...

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Table 14. Effect of TCDD on the production of superoxide anion, nitric oxide and<br />

hydrogen peroxide in the caput, corpus and cauda epididyrnides of adult rats.<br />

TCDDl Kg body weight<br />

Control I ng 10 ng I00 ng<br />

Cuput cl~ididyrrri.~<br />

Superoxide anion' 2.01 i 0.41 2.1 1 1 0.1 I* 2.91 f 0.17. 3.14 * 0.31-<br />

Nitric oxideb 1.46-t 0.13 2.66-t 0.41. 2.71 f 0.34' 2.93 * 0.23*<br />

Hydrogen peroxideb 11.52 * 1.66 19.98 f 3.31' 36.25 + 2.05' 75.42 k 5.7IL<br />

Superoxide anion0 1.31 i 0.30 2.49* 0.10' 2.71 f 0.19' 3.01 i 0.17.<br />

Nitric oxideb 1.36* 0.21 2.01 f 0.18. 2.46-t 0.41' 2..91 i 0.14'<br />

Hydrogen peroxideb 20.50 f 1.68 37.70 13.87' 58.25 2 6.17: 109.6 i 19.3'<br />

Superoxide anionn 2.07 + 0.2 I 2.71 + 0.26. 2.97 i 0.40. 3.29 i 0.14.<br />

Nirric oxideb 1.91 -t 0.33 2.61 + 0.40. 2.93 + 0.17' 3.40* 0.16.<br />

tlydrogen peroxideb 15.76 f 1.40 20.11 i 1.42, 31.86 i 3.43. 52.8 + 5.28*<br />

nrnoll mid rng protein; mmoll mid mg protein<br />

nrnol Hz02 generatedl mid mp protein<br />

The number of animals per group is six<br />

'pc0.05 against the control group

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