Study of certain Antioxidant Enzyme Levels in Albino Male Rats Infected with Hymenolepis nana

Abstract

Current work aims to study the levels of certain antioxidant enzymes in male rats with Hymenolepis nana. 40 albino male rats were used in current work. Thirty male rats infected with H. nanaa and 10 male rats as control group. The direct examination of feces by using microscope was done to diagnosis the adult worms, tapeworm segments and larvae. The findings of present work demonstrated that the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione (GSH) and catalase in an infected rat’s show significant (p less than 0.05) reduce compared with control rats. So, the study found a direct relationship between H. nana and antioxidant enzymes where the levels of antioxidant enzymes significantly (p < 0.05) reduced in infected rats.