Table 1.

Effects of phenylbutyrate on protein metabolism in liver at 24 h after PH

	Sham + Sal	Sham + NaPB	PH + Sal	PH + NaPB
FRPS (% per day)	26.73 ± 1.35	17.94 ± 1.08*	32.70 ± 2.60	23.41 ± 1.34*
CHTLA (nmol AMC/mg/h)	6.23 ± 0.19	6.39 ± 0.13	8.61 ± 0.30#	9.24 ± 0.52#
Cathepsins B and L (nmol AMC/mg/h)	697 ± 35	715 ± 24	577 ± 40	778 ± 54*

Means ± SE, anova and Bonferroni multiple comparisons. *P ˂ 0.05, effect of NaPB (compared to the corresponding saline‐treated group); #P ˂0.05, effect of PH (compared to the corresponding sham‐operated group). CHTLA, chymotrypsin‐like activity; FRPS, fractional rate of protein synthesis; NaPB, sodium phenylbutyrate; PH, partial hepatectomy; Sal, saline.