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Table 3: GSH concentration, FSR, and synthesis rates in tissues after burn injury

From: Burn injury differentially alters whole-blood and organ glutathione synthesis rates: An experimental model

 

GSH concentration (μmol/g wet tissue)

GSH FSR (per day)

GSH synthesis rate (μmol/g wet tissue/day)

 

Sham burn

Burned

Sham burn

Burned

Sham burn

Burned

Liver

2.00±0.17

0.61±0.05*

5.86±1.36

3.76±0.76§

10.85±1.15

2.12±0.30¥

Lungs

1.15±0.11

0.79±0.08*

1.54±0.40

0.51±0.06*

1.65±0.32

0.40±0.05*

Kidneys

0.20±0.06

0.25±0.04

3.58±0.23

4.06±0.84

0.69±0.18

0.87±0.12

  1. *Significantly different from the sham burn group, P<0.05, by Wilcox ranking test
  2. ¥Significantly different from the sham burn group, P<0.01, by Wilcox ranking test
  3. §P=0.058, by Wilcox Ranking test
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Burns & Trauma

ISSN: 2321-3876

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