Amifostine enhances the antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of UW and HTK preservation solutions

Table 3 Intergroup comparisons after inducible nitric oxide syntetase grading

Time	G	RL	RL + A	HTK	HTK + A	UW	UW + A
		n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8
0 h	0	0	3	4	4	7	6
	I	3	2	2	4	0	1
	II	3	2	2	0	1	1
	III	2	1	0	0	0	0
P value		0.590		0.26		0.24
6 h	0	0	1	1	3	1	4
	I	4	0	5	4	6	3
	II	4	6	2	1	1	1
	III	0	1	0	0	0	0
P value		0.055		0.02		0.51
12 h	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
	I	0	2	1	4	3	5
	II	1	4	5	1	3	1
	III	6	2	2	1	2	0
P value		0.030		0.05		0.04

N: Number of rats; G: Inducible nitric oxide syntetase grade; RL + A: Ringer Lactate + amifostine; HTK: Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate; UW: University of Wisconsin.