Table 1 Effect of antioxidants on organs weight (mg) and percent of organs weight in relation to the body weight of different studied
groups.
Groups Carotid artery Heart
Mean±SD % Of body
weight
Mean± SD % Of body
weight
Experiment I
(C0) Negative control 0.005±0.000 0.002± 0.002 0.891±0.059 0.31 ±0.021
(C1) Positive control group (Smoking 3 weeks) 0.007±0.001 0.003± 0.002 0.915±0.067 0.33 ±0.022
(E1) Low doses of antioxidants after 3 weeks exposure to CS 0.005±0.001 0.002± 0.003 0.966±0.067 0.35 ±0.023
(E2) High doses of antioxidants after 3 weeks exposure to CS 0.005±0.001 0.002± 0.001 0.914±0.057 0.33 ±0.021
F 19.84** 28.47** 3.32* 3.76*
LSD 0.001 0.000 0.097 0.028
Experiment II
(C0) Negative control 0.005±0.000 0.002± 0.001 0.891±0.059 0.31 ±0.021
(C2) Positive control group (smoking 4 weeks) 0.014±0.002 0.005± 0.002 0.946±0.072 0.36 ±0.023
(E3) Low doses of antioxidants during exposure to CS for 7 weeks 0.008±0.001 0.004± 0.002 0.945±0.073 0.36 ±0.032
(E4) High doses of antioxidants during exposure to CS for 7 weeks 0.004±0.000 0.002± 0.001 0.787±0.108 0.30 ±0.032
F 72.67** 55.86** 7.89** 9.82**
LSD 0.002 0.001 0.112 0.029
* Significant at 0.05.
** Significant at 0.01.