Research Article

Exogenous Angiotensin I Metabolism in Aorta Isolated from Streptozotocin Treated Diabetic Rats

Table 5

Ratios of concentrations of the products of classical pathway of exogenous ANG I (1 µM) metabolism by aorta fragments of streptozotocin and saline treated animals (median [25th, 75th percentile]). values are from Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric tests.

RatioStreptozotocin treated rats (); median [25th, 75th percentile]Control rats (); median [25th, 75th percentile] value

ANG IV/ANG II0.09 [0.07, 0.12]0.17 [0.14, 0.20]0.01
ANG III/ANG II 0.32 [0.27, 0.41]0.34 [0.28, 0.60]0.56
ANG IV/ANG III0.28 [0.22, 0.39]0.49 [0.29, 0.56]0.049