Table 1

Systolic blood pressure, NOx, body weight, hematocrit, tissue glutathione content, and creatinine clearance at week 2 in BSO-treated and normal control groups

BSO-TreatedControl
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)210  ± 161-a 124  ± 10
Body weight (g)320  ± 11322  ± 7
Urinary NOx (μM/g creatinine)525  ± 621-a 850  ± 100
Hematocrit (%)44.5  ± 0.745.3  ± 0.8
Creatinine clearance (ml/min/kg body weight)7.0  ± 0.86.5  ± 0.7
Liver glutathione content (μM/g wet tissue)1.1  ± 0.21-a 3.3  ± 0.3

Data are means ± S.E.M.; n = 6 in each group.

  • 1-a  P < 0.05.