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Effect of green tea (G), licorice (L) or their mixture on levels of plasma thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), triiodothyronine (T3), and tetraiodothyronine (T4), Thyroxine 5'-DI of normal and dimethylnitrosamine (D)-intoxicated male albino rats. |
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| Groups |
TSH (μIU/ml) |
T4 (μg/dl) |
T3 (ng/dl) |
Thyroxine 5'-DI (ng hr-1/mg protein) |
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| Mean ± SE |
% of change |
Mean ± SE |
% of change |
Mean ± SE |
% of change |
Mean ± SE |
% of change |
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| Control |
0.09 ± 0.009g |
31.7 ± 1.10b |
792.7 ± 22.0a |
1.47 ± 0.086b |
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| D |
0.21 ± 0.003f |
+133.33 |
7.1 ± 0.30c |
-77.60 |
183.0 ± 5.70d |
-76.91 |
1.89 ± 0.048a |
+28.57 |
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| G |
0.29 ± 0.010c |
+ 222.22 |
34.1 ± 0.69a |
+ 7.57 |
777.8 ± 26.4a |
-1.88 |
1.21 ± 0.033bc |
-17.69 |
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| L |
0.20 ± 0.005f |
+ 122.22 |
32.1 ± 0.74b |
+ 1.26 |
610.4 ± 16.2b |
-23.00 |
1.91 ± 0.105a |
+29.93 |
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| G + L |
1.35 ± 0.002a |
+ 1400 |
29.3 ± 0.44c |
-7.57 |
581.1 ± 18.1b |
-27.69 |
0.96 ± 0.056d |
-34.69 |
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| D + G |
0.25 ± 0.007d |
+ 19.05 |
12.3 ± 0.58d |
+ 73.24 |
234.2 ± 8.7c |
+27.98 |
1.19 ± 0.090c |
-37.04 |
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| D + L |
0.85 ± 0.016b |
+ 305.76 |
7.7 ± 0.28c |
+ 8.45 |
195.7 ± 7.5cd |
+6.94 |
1.44 ± 0.113b |
-23.81 |
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| D+G+L |
0.23 ± 0.012dc |
+ 9.52 |
8.2 ± 0.51c |
15.49 |
195.6 ± 5.2cd |
+6.89 |
0.78 ± 0.036d |
-58.73 |
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*Means that share the same superscript symbol are insignificantly different. *% of changes of groups D, G and L are relative to control group. *% of changes of groups D+G, D+L and D+G+L are relative to D group. | ||||||||
El Mgeed et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:2 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-2 |
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