Avenanthramide supplementation attenuates exercise-induced inflammation in postmenopausal women

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activity and plasma glutathione status

		SOD		GPX		GSH		GSSG		GSH:GSSG
		C	AVA	C	AVA	C	AVA	C	AVA	C	AVA
Pre-Supplementation	Rest	408 ± 20.6	410 ± 19.9	440 ± 18.9	452 ± 16.2	5.90 ± 0.19	5.90 ± 0.10	1.10 ± 0.09	1.10 ± 0.13	5.36 ± 0.20	5.36 ± 0.19
	24 h Post-DW	393 ± 34.6	436 ± 10.0	399 ± 19.7	445 ± 19.3	6.57 ± 0.19	6.26 ± 0.12	1.15 ± 0.08	1.20 ± 0.10*	5.71 ± 0.21	5.20 ± 0.04
	48 h Post-DW	383 ± 15.3	403 ± 20.3	406 ± 14.1	436 ± 50.2	6.44 ± 0.21	7.05 ± 0.12	1.07 ± 0.10	1.14 ± 0.13	6.03 ± 0.22*	6.18 ± 0.17*
Post-Supplementation	Rest	374 ± 38.7	419 ± 21.1	419 ± 14.1	319 ± 17.9¥	5.76 ± 0.17	6.46 ± 0.20	1.07 ± 0.07	1.16 ± 0.12	5.41 ± 0.15	5.59 ± 0.13
	24 h Post-DW	353 ± 23.6	362 ± 60.1	376 ± 11.9	312 ± 24.6¥	6.00 ± 0.15	6.65 ± 0.18	1.19 ± 0.05*	1.19 ± 0.13	5.03 ± 0.17	5.57 ± 0.10
	48 h Post-DW	389 ± 17.5	449 ± 6.5§	397 ± 11.9	336 ± 61.9	6.27 ± 0.08	6.48 ± 0.15	1.02 ± 0.07	1.10 ± 0.06	6.16 ± 0.16*	5.89 ± 0.17

Note: Data are mean ± SEM (N = 8). SOD, superoxidae dismutase. Gpx, glutathione peroxidase. GSH, reduced glutathione; GSSG, glutathione disulfide. DW, downhill walking (see text for details). * P < 0.05, 24 or 48 h Post-DW vs. Rest. § P < 0.05, Post-supplementation vs. Presupplementation. ¥ 0.05 < P < 0.1, AVA vs. Control.

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