Figure 2. The effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 µM) (A, B) on the concentration-response curve to phenylephrine in isolated aortic rings from control (CT) and post-weaning protein malnutrition (Malnutrition).
(C) Comparison of the percent difference of the area under the curve (% dAUC) in vessels in presence or absence of L-NAME from control (CT) and post-weaning protein malnutrition (Malnutrition) groups. The number of preparations is indicated in parenthesis. The results are expressed as the means ± SEM. * P<0.05 for pD2 and Rmax: CT E+ vs. CT L-NAME; pD2 and Rmax: Malnutrition E+ vs. Malnutrition L-NAME and dAUC% CT vs. Malnutrition by Student's t-test.