Table 2 of Iezhitsa, Mol Vis 2016; 22:734-747.


Table 2. Effect of liposomal Mg taurate and taurine on oxidative and nitrosative stress in the lens of galactosemic rats

Group Control diet Galactose diet + vehicle Galactose diet + Mg taurate Galactose diet + Taurine
(Group 1) (Group 2) (Group 3) (Group 4)
GSH (umol/g lens weight) 4.38±0.56 0.44±0.09* 0.73±0.18*,# 0.64±0.20*
Catalase (umol/g lens protein) 54.85±8.84 37.96±8.72** 53.75±9.56# 49.61±8.04^,$
SOD (Units/mg lens protein) 6.65±1.45 10.55±0.68* 7.37±2.73^ 8.22±1.81^
MDA (umol/g lens weight) 62.72±4.75 92.57±9.31* 59.05±6.62@ 57.42±14.36@
iNOS (ng/mg lens protein) 109.76±5.58 196.58±13.19+ 96.13±4.66^ 115.38±5.45^
Nitrotyrosine (ng/mg lens weight) 29.80±4.01 58.35±3.13+ 26.84±4.34^ 26.36±5.94^