Table 2.

Oxidized and reduced glutathione concentrations in whole blood samples

	Control		Fructose		Fructose + LA
Age, mo	2	4	2	4	2	4
GSH, μM	2736 ± 239	1904 ± 148	2607 ± 166	1703 ± 113	2636 ± 176	2211 ± 125*
GSSG, μM	69 ± 4	61 ± 4	71 ± 3	59 ± 3	73 ± 2	69 ± 3*
GSH/GSSG	38 ± 3	31 ± 3	35 ± 2	27 ± 1**	34 ± 2	31 ± 2

Values are expressed as means ± SE; P < 0.05 by one-factor ANOVA,

^*P < 0.05 compared to fructose by Bonferroni's post test and

^**P < 0.05 compared to baseline (2-mo) ratio by Student's t-test. Excludes animals that became diabetic and began losing weight before 4 mo of age. Control: n = 10, fructose: n = 10, fructose + LA: n = 11.