Table 2.

The CO-oximetry values in control and 1/10 MTD group of animals.

Analyte	Units	Control (n = 5)	1/10 MTD (n = 4)	p value	Normal range
Total hemoglobin	g/l	166.50 ± 6.84	176.80 ± 11.09	0.1301	140–178
Oxyhemoglobin	%	97.07 ± 0.34	75.13 ± 23.50	0.0616	94–97
Carboxyhemoglobin	%	0.42 ± 0.05	0.45 ± 0.19	0.7406	0.0–1.5
Methemoglobin	%	0.99 ± 0.31	0.70 ± 0.16	0.1327	0.0–1.5
Deoxyhemoglobin	%	0.54 ± 0.074	19.65 ± 16.35	0.0324*	0.0–5.0
Oxygen saturation	%	99.5 ± 0.35	71.44 ± 23.63	0.0120*	95–98
Oxygen content of hemoglobin	vol%	23.57 ± 0.93	18.78 ± 5.48	0.0915	18–24
Oxygen capacity of hemoglobin	vol%	22.81 ± 0.94	24.38 ± 1.62	0.1101	18–25

Values are expressed as mean ± SD; *p < 0.05.