The Role of Antioxidant Activity of Chitosan-Pinus merkusii Extract Nanoparticle in against Lead Acetate-Induced Toxicity in Rat Pancreas

Table 2

Effects of Chitosan-Pinus merkusii extract nanoparticle on lead acetate-induced changes in the superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and malondialdehyde.

Groups	Means ± standard deviation
	SOD (U/mg)	GPx (U/mg)	MDA (nmol/mg)
Control	26.73^a ± 2.01	53.37^a ± 6.16	7.29^a ± 0.87
Lead acetate groups	16.97^b ± 1.87	34.55^b ± 4.62	12.35^b ± 1.15
Chitosan-P. merkusii 150 mg/kg BW	15.88^b ± 2.52	33.91^b ± 6.47	11.42^b ± 0.93
Chitosan-P. merkusii 300 mg/kg BW	17.47^b ± 1.61	35.81^b ± 3.29	10.87^b ± 0.91
Chitosan-P. merkusii 600 mg/kg BW	21.08^c ± 1.03	44.27^c ± 4.72	9.11^c ± 0.76

^a,b,cDifferent superscript within each column indicate significant difference between the means ().