Figure 2.

Protein carbonyl levels are relatively lower in samples from bats in both supernatant and pellet fractions of protein homogenates. A) Relative carbonyl levels in supernatant fraction and insoluble pellet fraction of liver homogenates from mice (n=3 animals) presented as carbonyl intensity (carbonyl fluorescence/total protein as measured by Coomassie blue). Bars represent means ± se. *P < 0.01; t test. B) Relative carbonyl levels in pellet fraction of liver homogenates from mice (n=5 animals), T. brasiliensis (n=5 animals), and M. velifer (n=5 animals), presented as carbonyl intensity (carbonyl fluorescence/total protein as measured by Coomassie blue) relative to average intensity for mice. Bars represent means ± se. F and P values represent 1-way ANOVA for data comparing all three species.