Table 4.

Mitochondrial respiration.

	Control (5)	Nitrate (5)	p-Value
RCR	5.553±0.794	4.551±0.398	0.301
P/O Ratio (pmol s−1)	1.232±0.132	1.215±0.078	0.910
Leak respiration	0.410±0.190	0.328±0.067	0.538
State 3 respiration	6.414±0.952	4.471±0.787	0.154
State 4 respiration	0.497±0.117	0.467±0.082	0.839
Uncoupled respiration	6.933±1.888	5.180±0.629	0.404

RCR=Respiratory control ratio.

Leak, States 3 and 4, and uncoupled respiration units are pmol /s/µg.