Table 1

Intracellular GSH content of liver and small intestine after the bioavailability study over 48 h.

TissueControlBSO Treatment
Wistar liver6.64  ± 0.58 (100 ± 8.7)1.63  ± 0.30 (24.5 ± 5.0)
Wistar intestine1.8  ± 1.1  (100 ± 15.35)0.10  ± 0.02 (5.6 ± 1.1)
TR liver10.4  ± 0.31-a (157 ± 4.5)N.D.
TR intestine3.1  ± 0.3  (173.2 ± 17.3)N.D.

Data are given in micromoles per gram of tissue (percentage of untreated Wistar rats in brackets) and represent means ± SD of four independent experiments

    • 1-aPaulusma et al., 1999.