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Table 2.

Effect of VA on TBARS, LOOH, and CD in plasma and tissues in control and l-NAME- induced hypertensive rats

Parameters		Control	Control + VA (100 mg/ kg Bw)	l-NAME (40 mg/kg Bw)	l-NAME + VA (25 mg/kg Bw)	l-NAME + VA (50 mg/kg Bw)	l-NAME + VA 100 mg/ kg Bw)
Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (mmoles/100 g wet tissue)	Plasma (mmol/dl)	0.15 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.02^a	0.45 ± 0.46^b	0.38 ± 0.15^c	0.17 ± 0.22^a	0.30 ± 0.02^d
	Aorta	0.42 ± 0.04^a	0.40 ± 0.03^a	1.92 ± 0.12^b	1.36 ± 0.12^c	0.77 ± 0.55^d	1.11 ± 0.83^e
	Kidney	1.42 ± 0.12^a	1.35 ± 0.12^a	4.22 ± 0.11^b	3.42 ± 0.17^c	1.45 ± 0.15^a	2.72 ± 0.11^d
	Heart	0.52 ± 0.08^a	0.45 ± 0.13^a	3.17 ± 0.22^b	2.62 ± 0.18^c	0.65 ± 0.15^a	1.55 ± 0.15^d
Lipid hydroperoxides (mmoles/100 g wet tissue)	Plasma (mmol/dl)	8.92 ± 0.31^a	8.75 ± 0.19^a	21.48 ± 1.32^b	18.57 ± 1.08^c	10.41 ± 0.52^a	15.53 ± 1.11^d
	Aorta	75.79 ± 5.65^a	73.21 ± 4.37^a	117.85 ± 8.65^b	108.09 ± 6.76^c	86.90 ± 8.35^d	98.80 ± 8.35^e
	Kidney	63.69 ± 5.72^a	60.71 ± 6.79^a	157.14 ± 9.84^b	148.21 ± 6.68^c	77.19 ± 4.8^d	117.06 ± 6.55^e
	Heart	66.07 ± 5.14^a	64.28 ± 3.19^a	129.16 ± 8.23^b	120.80 ± 7.71^c	76.19 ± 4.8^d	105.95 ± 5.85^e
Conjugated dienes (mmoles/100 g wet tissue)	Plasma (mmol/dl)	0.63 ± 0.03^a	0.62 ± 0.36^a	1.68 ± 0.04^b	0.99 ± 0.12^c	0.83 ± 0.13^d	0.96 ± 0.14^e
	Aorta	39.87 ± 2.31^a	38.12 ± 2.62^a	63.96 ± 4.65^b	59.40 ± 3.77^c	46.27 ± 3.92^d	52.62 ± 4.39^e
	Kidney	20.3 ± 2.56^a	19.25 ± 1.82^a	42.41 ± 1.91^b	34.86 ± 3.50^c	25.87 ± 6.68^d	28.80 ± 1.18^e
	Heart	42.07 ± 2.72^a	41.77 ± 3.67^a	68.85 ± 4.83^b	60.65 ± 2.22^c	49.62 ± 4.44^d	54.77 ± 4.63^e

Values are mean ± SD of six rats from each group.

Values not sharing a common superscript differ significantly at P < 0.05 (DMRT).