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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pancreas. 2015 Apr;44(3):441–447. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000275

Table 3.

Biochemical parameters for L-arginine induced pancreatitis

Biochemical Parameter Control (n=3) (mean) L-arginine (n=6) (mean ± SD) L-arginine + DMF (n=6) (mean ± SD) P value (L-arginine vs L-arginine + DMF)
Caspase 3(# per HPF) 0 28.33 ± 2.22 4.25 ± 0.75 0.001
Serum Amylase (U/L) 700 4015 ± 440 1970 ± 260 0.014
Pancreatic MDA (μM) 1.9 5.9 ± 1.26 3.75 ± 0.38 0.04
Serum LDH (mU/ml) 60.12 75.65 ± 9.58 68.13 ± 24.64 0.17
Pancreatic Trypsin (mU/ml) 3.67 70.18 ±72 19.05 ± 11 0.18