Antioxidant activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in cattle tissue
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superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, Taenia saginata, antioxidant, cattleAbstract
In this study the activity of two antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) and glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9) was examined in skeletal muscles from cattle infected with Taenia saginata. We observed a statistically significant increase (relative to the control value in uninfected cattle) in the level of enzymes in spectrophotometric analysis (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase) and western blot technique (superoxide dismutase). There were no significant differences in the activity of GPx in cattle tissue infected with cysticercus in comparison with the control healthy animals assessed with western blot technique.
Our results suggest that SOD and GPx enzymes are important in the host’s biochemical defence mechanisms during cysticercosis.
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