Cereal based diets modulate some markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in lean and obese Zucker rats

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 4 Effect of control, wheat bran and barley based diets on serum antioxidant capacity and plasma glutathione peroxidase and malondialdehyde concentration 1

	Lean			Obese
	Control	Wheat bran	Barley	Control	Wheat bran	Barley	SEM	Phenotype	Diet	*P D**
ORAC_pca (μmol Trolox eq/mL)²	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.182	0.204	0.512
ORAC_ac (μmol Trolox eq/mL)²	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.8	0.4	0.0001	0.08	0.294
Glutathione peroxidase (μmol/min/ml)	1101	1174	1049	911	980	968	45	0.001	0.274	0.441
Malondialdehyde (nmol/mL)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.05	0.006	0.472	0.476

¹ Data is presented as a mean and pooled SEM, n = 8.
² Oxygen radical antioxidant capacity assay analysis of serum extracted with perchloric acid (ORAC_pca) or serum was extracted with acetone (ORAC_ac).

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