Research Article
Low-Dose Fluvastatin Prevents the Functional Alterations of Endothelium Induced by Short-Term Cholesterol Feeding in Rabbit Carotid Artery
Table 2
Antioxidant enzyme activities and total nitrite/nitrate levels in carotid artery tissues from all groups.
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+, control versus cholesterol and *, cholesterol versus cholesterol + fluvastatin in SOD, and +, control versus cholesterol in catalase antioxidant enzyme activities. +, control versus cholesterol and * cholesterol versus cholesterol + fluvastatin in total nitrite/nitrate (/) levels of carotid artery tissues. Data are given ± S.E.M. ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc test. Data are expressed as means of five independent measurements using five animals in each group. |