Oxidative stress in portal hypertension-induced rats with particular emphasis on nitric oxide and trace metals

Table 1 Comparison of oxidative stress elements, NO, and trace metals between two groups (mean±SD).

	Control group (n = 10)	PVL group(n = 15)
Portal pressure (cm saline)	10.3±0.8	18.4±1.7b
MDA serum (mmol/L)	2.7±0.25	4.89±0.64b
MDA tissue (nmol/mg protein)	0.36±0.04	0.46±0.11a
NO serum (mmol/L)	28.3±4.62	61.35±11.86b
NO tissue (nmol/mg protein)	408.5±44.83	5812±6.88b
SOD serum (U/mL)	20.8±1.81	15.15±1.27b
SOD tissue (U/mg protein)	7.76±0.63	5.37±0.64b
CAT serum (U/mL)	170.4±9.87	1471±0.25b
CAT tissue (U/mg protein)	74.1±7.87	36.5±5.61b
GSH erythrocyte (mg/g Hb)	5.24±0.51	3.74±0.49b
GSH tissue (nmol/mg protein)	4.33±0.33	3.53±0.29b
Zn serum (mg/mL)	145.3±16.5	126.2±38.4b
Zn tissue (mg/g)	48.43±6.29	45.9±2.87
Cu serum (mg/mL)	164.5±41.4	161.8±38.2
Cu tissue (mg/g)	3.32±0.87	3.44±0.54

^aP<0.05,

^bP<0.01 vs PVL.