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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Inhal Toxicol. 2011 Aug;23(0 2):75–83. doi: 10.3109/08958378.2011.601433

Table 4.

Treated/control ratio for lung and heart CL in different experimental models.

Species/Tissue Model Treated/Control CL Reference
Rat lung Paraquat (30 mg/Kg) 2.1 Turrens et al. 1988
85% Oxygen (1 day) 1.8 Evelson and González-Flecha 2000
Boston CAPs Gurgueira et al. 2002
1 hour 1
3 hours 1.2
5 hours 1.7

Plant 2 SE Average all plants

Power Plant Present study
 P 1.0 1.0
 PO 1.1 1.0
 POS 1.8 1.1
 PONS 1.3 1.2
Mice heart Doxorubicin (15 mg/Kg) 10.0 Lores Arnaiz and Llesuy 1993
Rat heart 85% Oxygen (1 day) 1.7 Evelson and González-Flecha 2000
Boston CAPs Gurgueira et al. 2002
 1 hour 0.9
 3 hours 1.5
 5 hours 1.9
Boston CAPs Rhoden et al. 2005
 5 hours 2.0–3.8
 + NAC 1.0
Boston CAPs (5 hours) 1.9–2.8 Ghelfi et al. 2008
Power plant emissions Present study
 P 1.1 0.9
 PO 1.2 1.3
 POS 1.3 1.4
 PONS 1.9 1.1