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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nitric Oxide. 2012 Jun 15;27(3):150–160. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2012.06.003

Table 4.

Blood chemistry

Time after infusion, min Baseline NO-np
NAC-SNO-np-2
10 mg/kgBW
10 mg/kgBW
20 mg/kgBW
60 180 60 180 60 180



MetHb, % -o- -o- 5 ± 2 -o- 3 ± 2 -o- 7 ± 3



NO3, μM 1.3 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.9 3.2 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 0.4 1.7 ± 0.4 1.8 ± 0.5 2.0 ± 0.8



paO2, mmHg 57.6 ± 7.6 76.2 ± 7.2 73.1 ± 6.7 59.3 ± 7.7 58.4 ± 6.2 62.4 ± 7.1 64.1 ± 7.2
paCO2, mmHg 51.5 ± 5.6 47.8 ± 6.8 47.7 ± 5.8 49.2 ± 6.7 49.8 ± 7.1 47.5 ± 6.3 46.5 ± 4.7



Values are means ± SD. Baseline included all the animals. MetHb, fraction of Total Hb converted to Methemoglobin; NO3, Nitrate; PaO2, arterial partial O2 pressure; PaCO2, arterial partial pressure of CO2.

P<0.05 compared to Baseline;

P<0.05 compared to NO-np at same concentration.