Heme Induction with Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Stimulates an Increase in Water and Electrolyte Excretion

Table 3

Effects of biliverdin (20 mg/Kg, IV) and bilirubin (30 mg/Kg, IV) administration on urine flow (UF), sodium excretion (U_NaV) and urinary potassium (U_KV).

		UF	UNaV	UKV
	𝑁	(μl/min)	(μmol/min)	(μmol/min)
No pretreatment
Control	6	2.50±0.30	0.17±0.02	0.49±0.06
Biliverdin	6	2.10±0.12	0.16±0.01	0.46±0.05
Control	6	2.80±0.15	0.19±0.12	0.46±0.01
Bilirubin	6	2.90±0.21	0.16±0.04	0.41±0.09
Chronic L-NAME
Control	6	3.40±0.25	0.15±0.02	0.41±0.06
Biliverdin	6	3.30±0.39	0.17±0.02	0.40±0.35
Control	6	3.20±0.51	0.18±0.02	0.46±0.05
Bilirubin	6	3.30±0.37	0.18±0.02	0.45±0.03