Table 3.

Relative capillary response in rat EDL to 7 days ligation, as a ratio of ischaemic to contralateral limb

	Untreated	Allopurinol	Amiloride	Vitamin E
S/V(capillary)	0.91 ± 0.04	0.92 ± 0.03	0.90 ± 0.02	0.92 ± 0.06
Endo area	1.08 ± 0.11	0.83 ± 0.05†	0.90 ± 0.03†	1.34 ± 0.16
Lum area	1.25 ± 0.05	1.70 ± 0.26†	1.62 ± 0.19†	1.12 ± 0.12
Cyto:Lum	0.92 ± 0.09	0.54 ± 0.10*†	0.56 ± 0.06*†	1.14 ± 0.14

^*P < 0.05 versus untreated

^†P < 0.05 versus vitamin E. Cyto, endothelial cytoplasm