Unsaturated Fatty Acids Supplementation Reduces Blood Lead Level in Rats

Table 3

Influence of virgin olive oil, linseed oil, and super lecithin (lecithin) on changes of perfusion pressure (in mmHg) induced by NE, and on the D₅₀NE.

Group	Changes of perfusion pressure (in mmHg) in response to NE at dose of:						D50NE (μg)
	0.01 μg	0.1 μg	0.5 μg	1.0 μg	3.0 μg	5.0 μg
Control; ()	13.0 ± 10.3	44.0 ± 24.4	76.3 ± 48.5	80.5 ± 49.2	89.5 ± 56.3	90.4 ± 49.8	0.20 ± 0.18
Olive oil; ()	20.3 ± 27.0	34.2 ± 19.9	79.7 ± 35.8	89.7 ± 43.9	96.2 ± 41.7	96.3 ± 49.3
Linseed oil; ()	15.4 ± 11.8	34.2 ± 11.8	57.7 ± 19.9	66.5 ± 20.7	69.1 ± 23.3	72.1 ± 27.7
Lecithin; ()	12.2 ± 12.5
Pb; ()	24.0 ± 25.3	35.1 ± 25.4	67.0 ± 27.4	80.2 ± 34.9	89.9 ± 42.7	95.4 ± 43.2	0.34 ± 0.21
Pb + olive oil; ()	30.0 ± 30.2	45.1 ± 37.3	84.1 ± 42.4	89.5 ± 44.9	100.9 ± 44.5	109.4 ± 53.0	0.28 ± 0.21
Pb + linseed oil; ()	10.7 ± 12.8	30.4 ± 16.3	59.9 ± 30.9	68.8 ± 36.7	68.7 ± 33.8	88.1 ± 62.8	0.32 ± 0.21
Pb + lecithin; ()	8.83 ± 3.71	24.7 ± 7.61	50.4 ± 12.7	68.5 ± 13.5	75.3 ± 16.8	78.0 ± 15.9	0.40 ± 0.18

Results are presented as mean ± SD. Differences statistically significant: ; in comparison to untreated rats.