Can pigment gallstones be induced by biliary stricture and prevented by medicine in Guinea pigs?

Table 4 Components of gallbladder bile one week after partial ligation of CBD (mean±SD, n)

Components	Groups
	S	S+M	C+M	C
Ca++ (μmol/L)	111.7 ± 19.3 (23)b	93.5 ± 22.8 (20)	31.1 ± 4.8 (15)	29.7 ± 7.9 (16)b
TCa (μmol/L)	174.8 ± 81.7 (22)	176.8 ± 113.3 (16)	111.9 ± 46.3 (7)	80.6 ± 29.7 (5)a
TB (mg/dL)	2.73 ± 1.30 (22)a	1.82 ± 1.03 (17)	1.09 ± 0.55 (6)	1.09 ± 0.30 (11)b
IB (mg/dL)	1.30 ± 0.70 (22)a	0.79 ± 0.63 (17)	0.84 ± 0.32 (6)	0.55 ± 0.29 (11)b
β-G (μmol/dL)	938 ± 627 (17)	809 ± 569 (15)	1763 ± 933 (12)a	1178 ± 548 (9)
TP (mg/dL)	6.54 ± 6.53 (22)	5.99 ± 6.89 (15)	3.10 ± 2.17 (7)	3.26 ± 0.60 (4)a
TBA (mmol/L)	14.8 ± 9.2 (22)	14.4 ± 7.6 (16)	13.2 ± 4.9 (7)	9.9 ± 2.4 (5)
GP (mg/dL)	3.05 ± 1.63 (12)	2.89 ± 1.40 (9)	-	0.46 ± 0.28 (9)b
Ch (mg/dL)	4.75 ± 2.04 (17)	3.79 ± 1.66 (13)	3.68 ± 2.05 (4)	3.42 ± 0.86 (8)a
pH	8.46 ± 0.14 (9)a	8.27 ± 0.15 (9)	8.35 ± 0.12 (10)a	8.14 ± 0.20 (4)b

S: stricture; S+M: stricture plus medicine; C: coutrol; C+M: medicine control;

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01. t (t’) test. In S, S vs S+M; in C+M, C+M vs C, and in C, S vs C.