Molecular Vision: Shi, Mol Vis 2009; 15:2129-2138. Table 4

Table 4. The effect of carnosine, aspirin and a combination of both eye drops on soluble protein, thiol content, and the activities of GPx, CAT, and GR in the lens.

Group	n	Protein (g/l)	Thiol (mg/gl protein)	GPx (U/g protein)	CAT (U/g protein)	GR (U/g protein)
A	12	10.46±0.69	118.13±24.36	17.28±5.19	75.61±24.75	3.81±2.15
B	11	8.19±1.08*	90.08±18.73*	46.14±4.77*	42.12±10.16	2.75±1.24
C	10	8.53±0.91*	97.95±22.11*	31.31±5.06*#	68.69±21.97	3.66±0.84
D	11	8.63±0.50*	92.38±7.18*	34.38±4.64*#	63.23±25.60	3.23±1.65
E	7	8.90±0.84*	100.89±13.56	26.21±6.99#*	43.23±9.82	3.63±1.61

The data are mean±SD. “n” was the numbers of the animals in each group. The asterisk indicates significantly different from Group A; p<0.05. The sharp (hash mark) indicates significantly different from Group B; p<0.05. The double asterisk indicates significantly different from Group D; p=0.001. Row A was the normal control group, row B was the diabetic rats untreated group, row C was the diabetic rats treated with carnosine eye drops (1% only) group, row D was the diabetic rats treated with aspirin eye drops (0.05% only) group, and row E was the diabetic rats treated alternately with carnosine (1%) and aspirin (0.05%) eye drops group.