Table 2. Baseline characteristics of healthy subjects: nitric oxide (NO) metabolome.
Subject Number | Plasma NO2 µmol/L | Plasma NO3 µmol/L | Plasma SNO nmol/L | WholeBlood NO2 µmol/L | Whole Blood NO3 µmol/L | RBC NO2 µmol/L | RBC NO3 µmol/L |
1 | 0.15 | 11.1 | 49.6 | 0.06 | 28.27 | ||
2 | 0.07 | 13.28 | 35.2 | 0.23 | 24.65 | ||
3 | 0.13 | 11.58 | 35.2 | 0.34 | 14.82 | ||
4 | 0.24 | 15.41 | 22.8 | 0.22 | 15.23 | ||
5 | 0.13 | 42.34 | 28.8 | 0.41 | 58.51 | ||
6 | 0.14 | 43.63 | 46.3 | 0.42 | 62.99 | ||
7* | 0.11 | 14.23 | 30.11 | 0.28 | 14.11 | 0.2 | 14.11 |
8 † | 0.33 | 27.22 | 18.93 | 0.24 | 27.37 | 0.3 | 23.84 |
9* | 0.52 | 15.6 | 17.85 | 0.35 | 15.32 | 0.48 | 14.19 |
10* | 0.16 | 12.29 | 22.77 | 0.16 | 40.65 | 0.39 | 20.26 |
11† | 0.93 | 11.78 | 28.88 | 0.03 | 20.15 | 0.49 | 12.32 |
12† | 0.13 | 9.13 | 15.8 | 0.15 | 10.26 | 0.29 | 8.61 |
Mean | 0.25 | 18.97 | 29.35 | 0.24 | 27.69 | 0.36 | 15.56 |
SD | 0.25 | 12.1 | 10.78 | 0.13 | 17.56 | 0.12 | 5.54 |
*maximal tolerated dose (MTD).
dose limiting toxicity (DLT).
MABP, mean arterial blood pressure.
MetHb, methemoglobin.
RBC, red blood cells.
NO2, nitrite.
NO3, nitrate.
SNO, S-nitrosothiols.
SD, standard deviation.