Table 3.

Measurements of TBARS, nitrite and proteinuria in the experimental groups.

	Plasma TBARS (nmol/mL)	Kidney TBARS (nmol/mg prot)	Urine TBARS (nmol/mg prot/24 h)	Plasma Nitrite (µg/mL)	Urinary Excretion of Nitrite (µg/24 h)	Urinary Protein Excretion (mg/24 h/kg bw)
C	1.5 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.1	576 ± 65	1.25 ± 0.18	11.83 ± 1.31	367.58 ± 11.19
L-N	1.8 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.3 *	437 ± 37	1.02 ± 0.05	6.39 ± 0.46 *	468.60 ± 39.52 *
A	1.7 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.2	512 ± 46	1.26 ± 0.09	13.40 ± 1.82 †	360.64 ± 40.15
LE	1.6 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.3	488 ± 69	0.88 ± 0.04	11.02 ± 1.63	373.50 ± 61.90
GBO	1.3 ± 0.2	1.6 ± 0.0	458 ± 51	1.02 ± 0.02	9.05 ± 1.64	426.51 ± 18.81 *
COE	1.3 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.3	482 ± 108	0.99 ± 0.11	14.12 ± 4.97	498.51 ± 67.17
D	1.4 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1	546 ± 78	1.11 ± 0.12	12.02 ± 1.03 †	420.13 ± 75.24

Data are mean ± S.E.M. Abbreviations as in Table 1. * p < 0.05 vs. control, †, p < 0.05 vs. L-NAME.