Table 4.
Vitamin E Concentrations from Various Tissues from Animals Sacrificed at the Indicated Interval After Injury
| α-tocopherol (nmol/g wet weight) | |||||
| Heart | Kidney | Liver | Lung | ||
| Sham | 22.1 ± 1.5 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 10.0 ± 1.0a | 5.8 ± 0.4c | |
| n= | 11 | 12 | 20 | 22 | |
| Burn & Smoke Injury | |||||
| 4 Hours | 22.1 ± 1.8 | 3.6 ± 0.3 | 12.0 ± 2.2b | 6.3 ± 1.1 | |
| n= | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| 8 Hours | 21.1 ± 2.0 | 3.8 ± 0.5 | 10.1 ± 1.5 | 5.6 ± 0.6 | |
| n= | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |
| 12 Hours | 19.7 ± 1.3 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 7.4 ± 1.3 | 5.7 ± 0.7 | |
| n= | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 24 Hours | 24.1 ± 2.8 | 4.2 ± 0.6 | 9.4 ± 1.5 | 6.6 ± 0.6d | |
| n= | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
| 48 Hours | 22.5 ± 2.0 | 5.2 ± 0.5 | 5.8 ± 1.0a,b | 4.2 ± 0.4cd | |
| n= | 8 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |
Values (means ± SE) with the same superscript are significantly different, p<0.05 by Tukey’s Multiple Comparison Test