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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Free Radic Biol Med. 2012 Dec 28;57:61–67. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.12.015

Table 1.

Effects of BPSDL and nitrate pretreatment on gastric nitrate, nitrite, and NO levels; mucosal blood flow; and UI in rats subjected to WIRS.

Gastric nitrate (µmol/L; n = 6) Gastric nitrite (µmol/L; n = 6) Luminal NO (ppb; n = 6) Blood flow (PU; n = 6) Ulcer index (mm; n = 6)
Sham   54.2 ± 19.9 2.05 ± 0.61   93 ± 22 47.24 ± 18.33 14.2 ± 11.7
Sham + nitrate 345.2 ± 210.7 6.37 ± 2.37 720 ± 230 69.34 ± 11.81 10.2 ± 6.9
BPSDL   21.3 ± 12.6a 0.70 ± 0.26a   36 ± 15a 35.03 ± 10.79a 34.3 ± 13.6a
BPSDL + nitrate 249.3 ± 130.7b 3.48 ± 1.65b 404 ± 102b 55.61 ± 18.41b 14.7 ± 6.7b

Nitrate treatment groups were given 1 mmol/kg bw of NaNO3 in drinking water for 1 week before the WIRS experiment. The sham and BPSDL groups were given NaCl of the same dose. Each value represents the mean ± SD.

a

p < 0.05 compared to sham.

b

p < 0.05 compared to BPSDL.