Table 1 of Suryanarayana, Mol Vis 2007; 13:1291-1297.


Table 1. The Effect of Emblica and tannoids on markers of the polyol pathway in lens

Emblica (Group IV) and tannoids (Group III) are partially effective against osmotic stress caused by hyperglycemia (Group II) with respect to AR activity and sorbitol levels. Group I: Control rats. The data are the mean±SD (n=4). AR activity was expressed as μmoles NADPH oxidized/h/100 mg protein. SDH activity was μmoles NADH oxidized/h/100 mg protein. Sorbitol was expressed as μmoles/g lens. The asterisk denotes that data are significantly different from Group I and the sharp (hash mark) denotes that data are significantly different from Group II.

 Enzyme     Group I      Group II      Group III     Group IV
--------   ----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
AR         24.96±1.04   30.98±1.27*   27.14±0.16#   27.55±1.69#
SDH         3.59±2.07    3.57±1.00     3.35±1.02     3.12±1.09
Sorbitol    0.24±0.02    5.74±0.77*    3.63±0.47#    3.92±0.27#

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