Table I.

Effect of treatment with Rx on serum AST levels in diabetic rats at different time-points following hepatic I/R injury (U/l).

Groups	1 h	3 h	5 h
DM + I/R	83.2±27.1	92.8±26.5a	145.8±25.3b
DM + Rx + I/R	64.3±24.6c	83.2±20.9a,d	122.1±23.8b,c

Rx, ruboxistaurin; AST, aspartate transaminase; I/R, ischemia and reperfusion; DM, diabetes mellitus.

^aP<0.01 vs. the 1 h time-point

^bP<0.01 vs. the 3 h time-point

^cP<0.01 vs. the DM + I/R group and

^dP<0.05 vs. the DM+I/R group. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean (n=10).