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Published in final edited form as: Mitochondrion. 2010 Dec 13;11(2):342–350. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.12.003

Table 3.

Mitochondrial enzymatic activities and basal oxygen consumption of platelets and PBMCs isolated from peripheral blood of normal healthy volunteers and patients with Friedreich ataxia.

Mithochondrial activities	PBMCs		Platelets
Mithochondrial activities	FRDA	NHV	FRDA	NHV
NADH dehydrogenase (nmol/min/mg prot)	558±101	487±73	1830±689	1931±404
Complex II (nmol/min/mg prot)	42.4±15.0	50.3±6.9	28.3±11.2	26.1±11.2
Complex IV (nmol/min/mg prot)	20±13	13±4	30±11	62±12
Citrade (nmol/min/mg prot)	45±16	46±9	60±21	62±12
Total SOD (nmol/min/mg prot)	11.1±3.3	10.4±3.1	35.8±10.7	41.1±10.7
Basal (nmol/min/10⁺⁶ or 10⁺⁹)	0.08±0.03	0.12±0.05	2.8±0.9	3.2±1.0