From: The endogenous production of hydrogen sulphide in intrauterine tissues
Tissue | Treatment | H2S production rate (nM/min/g) | Significance | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Mean | SD | n |  |
Rat liver | -ve control | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4 | Â |
 | L-cysteine | 575 | 172 | 4 |  |
 | + NO donor | 596 | 174 | 4 | NS |
Rat uterus | -ve control | 0 | 0 | 4 | Â |
 | L-cysteine | 438 | 277 | 4 |  |
 | + NO donor | 433 | 224 | 4 | NS |
Rat placenta | -ve control | 0 | 0 | 4 | Â |
 | L-cysteine | 45.7 | 51.6 | 4 |  |
 | + NO donor | 51.6 | 26.2 | 4 | NS |
Rat fetal membranes | -ve control | 0 | 0 | 4 | Â |
 | L-cysteine | 43.4 | 20.3 | 4 |  |
 | + NO donor | 57.4 | 31.5 | 4 | P < 0.05 |