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Table 1 NOS activity in isolated fractions of tissues from non-pregnant human and ovariectomised rat.

From: Important differences in nitric oxide synthase activity and predominant isoform in reproductive tissues from human and rat

 

Human

Rat

 

Myometrium

Vagina

Myometrium

Vagina

Fraction

NOS pmol/mg protein/min

Cytosol

1.25 ± 0.16

2.97 ± 0.40

7.18 ± 1.56

19.17 ± 2.48

Particulate

1.64 ± 0.19

3.02 ± 0.78

1.26 ± 0.43

3.35 ± 0.80

(n)

8

11

10

10

  1. Values are means ± SEM and the number of individual samples is indicated by (n).
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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