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bjp-1443	Reddy, Y. Narsimha; Murthy, S. Vasudeva; Krishna, D. R.; Prabhakar, M. C.	Oxidative metabolic changes in pleural fluid of tuberculosis patients	2008	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2731	140	52	70 Bangladesh J Pharmacol 2009; 4: 69-72 Table I Levels of malondialdehyde, catalase, total anti-oxidant status, lactate dehydrogenase and total protein level in pleural fluid untreated and under treated patients of tuberculosis Parameters Untreated group Under treated group p value Malondialdehyde (nM/mL) 6.4 ± 1.4 4.9 ± 0.8 <0.001 Catalase (IU/mL) 43.9 ± 4.7 44.3 ± 6.8 ns Total anti-oxidant status (nM/mL) 44.3 ± 7.3 53.8 ± 7.5 <0.01 Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L) 148.7 ± 23.8 132.2 ± 13.2 <0.01 Total protein content (g%) 3.3 ± 0.6 2.6 ± 0.3 <0.01 Data are mean ± SD; TB1 (n = 50) and TB2 (n = 25); ns = Not significant In present investigation both untreated and TB2 patients showed that there was no significant variation in estimated catalase (anti-oxidant enzyme) levels in pleural fluid. For the estimation of total anti-oxidant status, we used a stable free radical ,-diphenyl--picryl hydrazyl (DPPH), at the concentration of 0.2 mM in methanol (Blios, 1958;	cache/bjp-1443.pdf	txt/bjp-1443.txt