Table 1 Percent recovery and the ratio of γ-/α-tocopherol in the media fraction and cellular fraction of cells treated with IFN/LPS and/or PBIT as described in Figure 1. Values represent the mean of 6 determinations ± SEM.
Tocopherol Recovery# (%) | Ratio (γ/α tocopherol) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment | Media | Cells | Total | Media | Cells | Media vs Cells *p Value |
αT|γT | αT|γT | αT|γT | ||||
Control | 72.8|73.5 | 2.79|3.26 | 75.6|76.8 | 1.01 ± 0.01 | 1.17 ± 0.04 | 0.002 |
IFN/LPS | 58.5|60.4 | 2.83|4.43 | 61.3|64.8 | 1.03 ± 0.01 | 1.57** ± 0.01 | < 0.0001 |
IFN/LPS + PBIT | 63.1|62.7 | 5.22|7.45 | 68.3|70.2 | 1.00 ± 0.01 | 1.43** ± 0.02 | < 0.0001 |
PBIT | 76.5|78.4 | 4.10|5.24 | 80.6|83.6 | 1.02 ± 0.01 | 1.27 ± 0.02 | < 0.0001 |