Table 5.

Effects of giving taurine on serum TNO, MDA, Endothelin-1, ADMA and TNF-α levels of hypertensive rats.

Parameters		Groups
		Control	Hypertensive Recovery group	Hypertensive with T group
TNO (μmol/L)	2 weeks	$40.155\pm {0.624}_a^A$	$21.698\pm {0.475}_a^B$	$27.978\pm {0.492}_a^C$
	4 weeks	$40.149\pm {0.621}_a^A$	$24.963\pm {0.468}_b^B$	$33.122\pm {0.649}_b^C$
MDA (nmol/mg tissue)	2 weeks	$0.369\pm {0.05}_a^A$	$1.258\pm {0.21}_a^B$	$0.542\pm {0.16}_a^C$
	4 weeks	$0.372\pm {0.04}_a^A$	$1.192\pm {0.19}_b^B$	$0.398\pm {0.14}_b^A$
Endothelin-1 (pg/ml)	2 weeks	$0.401\pm {0.004}_a^A$	$0.928\pm {0.011}_a^B$	$0.742\pm {0.008}_a^C$
	4 weeks	$0.399\pm {0.005}_a^A$	$0.892\pm {0.012}_a^B$	$0.412\pm {0.007}_b^A$
ADMA (μmol/L)	2 weeks	$1.115\pm {0.029}_a^A$	$2.912\pm {0.069}_a^B$	$1.824\pm {0.059}_a^C$
	4 weeks	$1.117\pm {0.032}_a^A$	$2.590\pm {0.069}_b^B$	$1.295\pm {0.051}_b^A$
TNF-α (pg/ml)	2 weeks	$5.183\pm {0.013}_a^A$	$8.498\pm {0.029}_a^B$	$7.789\pm {0.025}_a^C$
	4 weeks	$5.187\pm {0.014}_a^A$	$7.698\pm {0.025}_b^B$	$6.121\pm {0.021}_b^C$

Values are expressed as means ± S.E.

A, B, C = means bearing different superscripts within the same row are differ significantly (P < 0.05).

a, b = means bearing different subscripts within the same column are differ significantly (P < 0.05).