Table 7.
Skin superoxide dismutase, glutathione and catalase activities after 5 weeks application of compounds

Groups	SOD activity1)	GST activity2)	CAT activity3)
NO	18.17±0.09a	17.12±0.51b	1.00±0.09a
CO	15.11±0.29c	13.61±0.33d	0.61±0.02c
AB	16.54±0.46b	14.42±0.50d	0.75±0.02b
PCA	15.31±0.84c	15.60±0.25c	0.72±0.10bc
AS	18.21±0.51a	18.42±1.12a	0.93±0.01a

NO, Normal group; Co, UV treated group; AB, UV+vehicle treated group; PCA, UV+vehicle containing 0.2% ascorbic acid treated group; AS, UV+vehicle containing 0.2% Lespedeza cuneata treated group.
Values are mean SD of 3 mouse.
Unit: inhibition rate (%)/protein (mg).
Unit: µmol (mmol/min/mL)/protein (mg).
Unit: mU/protein (mg).
Values within a different superscripts letters are significantly different each other groups at a p<0.05.