Table 1

Effect of different concentrations (1, 6 and 12 mM) of kainic acid (KA) on total sulfhydryl groups (TSH) and non-protein sulfhydryl groups (NPSH) following 20 min incubation with rat brain homogenates.


TSH (nmol/mg protein)
NPSH (μmol/g tissue)

Control
23.97 ± 0.25
1.85 ± 0.03
KA (1 mM)
22.97 ± 0.38
1.77 ± 0.05
KA (6 mM)
20.90 ± 0.27 *
1.65 ± 0.05 *
KA (12 mM)
19.25 ± 0.35 **
1.61 ± 0.04 **

Values are means ± SEM of 3 experiments. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 with respect to control.

Candelario-Jalil and Sonia León BMC Pharmacology 2003 3:7   doi:10.1186/1471-2210-3-7