Table 4. Effect of remote ischemic per-conditioning on the concentration of NO metabolites (nitrite and nitrate) in the kidney and heart tissues .
Variables | Experimental groups | |||
Sham | BIR | BIR+RIPerC | ||
Kidney | NO2¯ level (µmol/L) | 53.01 ± 6.79 | 76.43 ± 7.52* | 72.96 ± 3.44 |
NO3¯ level (µmol/L) | 2.04 ± 0.06 | 2.11 ± 0.11 | 1.91 ± 0.03 | |
Heart | NO2¯ level (µmol/L) | 43.14 ± 7.14 | 65.60 ± 4.61* | 58.04 ± 3.99 |
NO3¯ level (µmol/L) | 1.77 ± 0.08 | 1.90 ± 0.12 | 1.78 ± 0.02 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, n=10.
* P<0.05 vs. the sham group.