Research Article

Cardiac H2S Generation Is Reduced in Ageing Diabetic Mice

Table 1

Physiological and biochemical results for control and ageing diabetic mice induced by a 30% fructose solution fed for 15 months.

Control ( = 10)30% Fructose ( = 16)

Body weights (g)27.90 ± 0.7234.19 ± 0.70
Total cholesterol (mM)1.54 ± 0.042.00 ± 0.06
Triglycerides (mM)0.46 ± 0.040.38 ± 0.02
HDL cholesterol (mM)1.13 ± 0.061.30 ± 0.07
LDL cholesterol (mM)0.26 ± 0.020.47 ± 0.04
BUN (mM)6.68 ± 0.496.07 ± 0.34
Cr (μM)9.56 ± 0.57.54 ± 0.42
BUN/Cr index0.7 ± 0.040.82 ± 0.05

Results are means ± SEM. versus control; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; BUN/Cr blood urea nitrogen/creatinine.