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Table 2 The immune-antioxidant variables of Nile tilapia experimentally infected with Pseudomonas putida and exposed to titanium dioxide nanogel (TDNG) (0.9 mg/L) for ten days

From: Pseudomonas putida infection induces immune-antioxidant, hepato-renal, ethological, and histopathological/immunohistochemical disruptions in Oreochromis niloticus: the palliative role of titanium dioxide nanogel

Parameters

Control

TDNG

P. putida

TDNG+P. putida

P-value

Serum immune variables

 C3 (μg/mL)

35.40±1.97b

46.18±1.47a

12.00±1.63d

25.04±1.15c

< 0.0001

 LYZ (ng/ mL)

1.85±0.04b

2.54±0.26a

0.30±0.05d

0.89±0.04c

< 0.0001

Hepatic antioxidant variables

 TAC (ng/mg tissue)

8.79±0.41b

15.83±1.18a

3.25±0.18d

5.64±0.66c

< 0.0001

 SOD (U/mg tissue)

123.53±2.39 b

180.43±5.62a

47.41±1.22d

70.78±2.81c

< 0.0001

 GSH (ng/mg tissue)

133.80±2.25b

210.80±3.29a

62.37±1.44d

76.85±1.07c

< 0.0001

  1. C3: complement 3; LYZ: lysozyme; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GSH: reduced glutathione content. Values (means± SE) in the same row that do not share the same superscripts differ substantially (p < 0.05)