Table 1: Cholesterol level in serum and ovary of rats after 4 weeks of exposure.
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Cholesterol level |
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Group Designation |
Treatments |
Serum (mmol/L) |
Ovary (mmol/L of tissue homogenate) |
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GROUP A |
-Cd -Fe |
1.82 ± 0.48 |
3.81 ± 0.10 |
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GROUP B |
+Cd -Fe |
1.58 ± 0.15 |
1.86 ± 0.10a |
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GROUP C |
-Cd +Fe |
1.36 ± 0.17 |
2.24 ± 0.16a |
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GROUP D |
+Cd +Fe |
1.42 ± 0.12 |
1.77 ± 0.08a |
Values represent Mean ± SEM (n=4). a values with superscripts ‘a’ within a column are statistically significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) relative to the values of group A.