Table 5
The antioxidant statuses of hepatocytes treated with or without astaxanthin and H2O2 supplementation

T-AOC

(U/mg protein)

SOD

(U/mg protein)

GSH (μmol/g protein)

MDA (nmol/mg protein)

Control

0.35 ± 0.01b

2682.76 ± 127.04b

17.81 ± 0.83b

0.13 ± 0.01a

H2O2

0.22 ± 0.02a

3264.92 ± 76.26c

5.92 ± 0.91a

0.40 ± 0.01c

H2O2 + AST

0.37 ± 0.01bc

2726.34 ± 74.17b

28.24 ± 1.11c

0.23 ± 0.01bc

AST

0.41 ± 0.01c

2312.19 ± 69.94a

136.51 ± 4.11d

0.12 ± 0.01a