Serum antioxidant enzymes, antioxidant activities and lipid peroxidation in control and hamsters treated with T. indica fruit pulp extracts, in the presence or absence of cholesterol.

Values are given as means ± standard error of mean (n = 5). Values not sharing a common superscript letter within the same row are significantly different at pT. indica fruit pulp extract (500 mg/kg body weight); Group III: high-cholesterol diet plus distilled water (5 ml/kg body weight) and Group IV: high-cholesterol diet plus T. indica fruit pulp extract (500 mg/kg body weight). DPPH, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical scavenging activity; ABTS, 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) radical scavenging activity; FRAP, ferric reducing antioxidant power; MDA (malondialdehyde).