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Figure 3 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Figure 3

From: Combustion of dried animal dung as biofuel results in the generation of highly redox active fine particulates

Figure 3

Rate of ascorbate consumption observed from a simple ascorbate-only solution with and without a range of metal chelation and free radical scavenger treatments. All data represent the mean (SD) of three separate experiments: AOX = particle free control; DC = dung cake samples (1–3 at 50 μg/ml); SOD/CAT = superoxide dismutase (50 U/mL) and catalase (150 U/mL); hi SOD/CAT = heat inactivated antioxidant enzymes; CAT = catalase only (150 U/mL), and DTPA (100 μM). 'a' indicates that the rate of ascorbate consumption was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) after SOD/CAT and DTPA treatment; 'b' that the DTPA treatment reduced the rate significantly more than the antioxidant enzyme treatment.

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