5-fluorouracil Improves the Testicular Antioxidant Status and Alleviates Oxidative Stress in Male Albino Rats Treated with Cyclophosphamide

Table 1.

Testis totalantioxidant, glutathione, glutathione reductase, and catalase of rat treatedwith cyclophosphamide and/or 5-fluorouracil

Groups

Parameters

Control

CPA

5-FU

CPA – 5-FU

Mean±SE

Mean±SE

Mean±SE

Mean±SE

Testis total antioxidant (U/g tissue)

1.32±0.09 bcd

0.83±0.12acd

1.04±0.10ab

1.12±0.07ab

Testis glutathione (U/g tissue)

18.05±0.97bcd

9.62±0.75 acd

13.93±0.82 abd

11.74±0.84 abc

Testes glutathione reductase (U/g tissue)

42.10±1.57bcd

24.91±1.86 acd

32.79±1.45 ab

33.08±1.27 ab

Testes catalase (U/tissue)

40.15±1.72 bcd

23.52±1.69 acd

32.45±1.17 abd

35.26±2.00 abc

Significance at P > 0.05. CPA: cyclophosphamide; 5-FU: Fluorouracil, a Comparison of control and other groups; b Comparison of CPA and other groups; c Comparison of 5-FU and other groups; d Comparison of CPA – 5-FU and other groups

Significance at P > 0.05. CPA: cyclophosphamide; 5-FU: Fluorouracil, a Comparison of control and other groups; b Comparison of CPA and other groups; c Comparison of 5-FU and other groups; d Comparison of CPA – 5-FU and other groups