Table 3.
Biochemical data
Variable | Baseline | Reperfusion 2 hours | Follow-up (5 days) | ||||||
GSH | Placebo | P value | GSH | Placebo | P value | GSH | Placebo | P value | |
H2O2
µM, mean±SD Δ |
40.6±8.4 | 43.6±11.6 | 0.305 | 28.4±12 | 42.8±14.1 | 0.0003 | 24±7 | 39.5±17.3 | 0.0001 |
−12.1±15.2 | −0.7±17.9 | 0.03 | −16.6±11.0 | −4.1±20.14 | 0.009 | ||||
8-iso-PGF2α pmol/L, mean±SD Δ |
214.6±81.1 | 211.9±92.1 | 0.91 | 163.6±44.7 | 217.6±51.6 | 0.0003 | 159.9±34.2 | 213.1±50.9 | 0.0001 |
−50.9±92.9 | −3.3±1.29 | 0.02 | −54.6±62.1 | −1.2±115.7 | 0.02 | ||||
HBA %, mean±SD Δ |
43.6±7.4 | 43.4±11.9 | 0.94 | 57.9±8.6 | 43.9±8.7 | 0.0001 | 62.9±10.5 | 45.2±13.0 | 0.0001 |
+14.9±5.5 | +0.4±14.9 | 0.0004 | +19.4±10.2 | +1.8±17.1 | 0.0001 | ||||
NO µM, mean±SD Δ |
16.3±5.7 | 16.5±4.7 | 0.89 | 27.7±7.2 | 22.4±10 | 0.0356 | 35.5±8.1 | 23.5±15.5 | 0.0013 |
+11.4±6.8 | +5.8±10.5 | 0.05 | +19.2±9.7 | +7.0±14.7 | 0.002 |
8-iso-PGF2α, 8-iso-prostaglandin-F2α; GSH, glutathione; H2O2, hydrogen peroxide; HBA, H2O2 break-down activity; NO, nitric oxide.