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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2009 Aug;109(2):405–411. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a93ad9

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Protection of ventricular myocytes from oxidative stress by desflurane or sevoflurane preconditioning is abrogated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger Trolox. Percent cell death was expressed relative to that of matching stress group. Preexposure of cardiomyocytes to sevoflurane (SEVO, 0.7 MAC) or desflurane (DES, 0.6 MAC) significantly attenuated cell death. Co-application of Trolox with anesthetics abrogated preconditioning effect. Shown are summary data for 12–25 experiments in each group. Values are means ± SD. *P<0.05 vs. matching stress control; #P<0.05 anesthetic vs. anesthetic + Trolox.