Figure 3.

Myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in pancreas (a) lung (b) and liver (c) from sham-operated animals, rats with bile duct obstruction (BDO), rats with acute pancreatitis induced by bile-pancreatic duct obstruction (BPDO) and rats with BPDO treated with NAC (NAC-BPDO). Number of animals in each group and experimental period: 6. Values are mean ± SEM. anova followed by Scheffé test showed statistically significant differences in pancreas and lung vs. sham-operated (*), vs. BDO rats (♦) and between NAC-treated and non-treated BPDO rats. No differences were found in liver.