Table 2 The Effect of daily pretreatment with frankincense oil (1000 mg/kg/day for 5 days) on the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), and reduced glutathione (GSH) in the cortex, hippocampus and striatum of rat model of SE

Cortex

MDA

(nmol/g)

7.51^a ± 0.47 (8)

10.69^b ± 1.08 (8)

5.36^a ± 0.67 (8)

NO

(μmol/g)

0.04^a ± 0.002 (8)

0.05^b ± 0.005 (7)

0.03^a ± 0.002 (9)

GSH

(mmol/g)

4.38^a ± 0.12 (7)

3.75^b ± 0.03 (6)

4.74^a ± 0.23 (8)

Hippocampus

MDA

(nmol/g)

2.53^a ± 0.28 (7)

17.17^b ± 2.27 (8)

6.62^a ± 1.40 (7)

NO

(μmol/g)

0.12^a ± 0.01 (9)

0.24^b ± 0.01 (8)

0.15^a ± 0.02 (8)

GSH

(mmol/g)

12.60^a ± 0.50 (7)

10.53^b ± 0.07 (7)

12.47^a ± 0.54 (8)

Striatum

MDA

(nmol/g)

1.61^a ± 0.25 (8)

3.84^b ± 0.90 (9)

1.66^a ± 0.24 (9)

NO

(μmol/g)

0.11^a ± 0.01 (6)

0.15^b ± 0.02 (7)

0.09^ab ± 0.01 (9)

GSH

(mmol/g)

15.62^a ± 0.74 (6)

13.46^b ± 0.39 (7)

16.04^a ± 0.44 (9)