Table 2.
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Tissue Respiration in Selected tissues in Control and Experimental rats.
| Parameters | Control | Cd Treated | Vit-C | Zinc | NAC | C + Zinc | C + NAC | Zinc + NAC | C + Zinc +NAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) | 4.23 a ±0.24 PDC |
2.72 b ±0.13 −35.70 |
3.41 b,c ±0.13 −19.39 |
3.54 b,c ±0.15 −16.31 |
3.53 b,c ±0.16 −16.55 |
3.54 b,c ±0.13 −16.31 |
3.48 b,c ±0.15 −17.73 |
3.53 b,c ±0.14 −16.55 |
3.54 b,c ±0.15 −16.31 |
| Tissue Respiration (TR), Liver | 1033.46 a ±24.77 PDC |
642.14 b ±18.15 −37.87 |
842.18 b,c ±16.19 −18.51 |
852.14 b,c ±17.15 −17.55 |
860.15 b,c ±17.19 −16.77 |
862.19 b,c ±17.14 −16.57 |
863.14 b,c ±16.75 −16.48 |
861.15 b,c ±17.13 −16.67 |
867.18 b,c ±14.19 −16.09 |
| Tissue Respiration (TR), Kidney | 858.77 a ±12.85 PDC |
508.42 b ±12.12 −40.80 |
660.18 b,c ±12.19 −23.12 |
672.13 b,c ±15.14 −21.73 |
673.13 b,c ±11.14 −21.61 |
671.72 b,c ±13.49 −21.78 |
675.70 b,c ±14.19 −21.32 |
673.49 b,c ±13.45 −21.58 |
677.43 b,c ±14.46 −21.12 |
Values are expressed as mean ± SD of six individual observations. a,b,c Values not sharing a common superscript letter (a,b,c) differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT). PDC, percent deviation over control; BMR, mL of oxygen consumed/G weight of animal/h; TR, µL of oxygen consumed/G weight of tissue/h.