Table 3 Sterol levels in plasma (mg/100 ml) and tissues (mg/100 g) of rats in the absence of salt-loading

8.2 ± 1.3^b

33.6 ± 4.9^c

3.8 ± 0.7^a

0.0001

0.1 ± 0.1^a

0.1 ± 0.1^a

14.5 ± 2.2^b

0.0001*

80.9 ± 5.8^b

75.5 ± 10.3^ab

68.8 ± 6.9^a

0.0076

89.1 ± 6.6^a

109.1 ± 14.1^b

87.1 ± 9.0^a

0.0001

10.0 ± 1.3^c

2.3 ± 0.3^a

3.8 ± 0.4^b

0.0001

10.0 ± 2.6^b

29.7 ± 7.4^c

6.5 ± 0.7^a

0.0001

1.0 ± 0.4^a

0.8 ± 0.4^a

9.2 ± 0.9^b

0.0001

101.9 ± 26.1

81.9 ± 20.8

85.2 ± 10.8

0.0789

112.9 ± 28.5

112.5 ± 28.3

100.9 ± 11.3

0.4611

9.4 ± 1.5^c

2.7 ± 0.2^a

5.5 ± 0.8^b

0.0001

19.0 ± 5.3^b

54.8 ± 8.1^c

13.5 ± 1.5^a

0.0001

0.7 ± 0.2^a

0.6 ± 0.3^a

22.1 ± 2.7^b

0.0001

223.5 ± 46.1^c

134.3 ± 18.1^a

187.9 ± 23.7^b

0.0001

243.3 ± 51.1^b

189.8 ± 24.6^a

223.6 ± 27.0^b

0.0141

11.5 ± 1.1^c

2.4 ± 0.2^a

5.3 ± 0.4^b

0.0001

8.7 ± 2.9^b

26.6 ± 5.7^c

5.4 ± 0.9^a

0.0001

0.1 ± 0.1^a

0.3 ± 0.7^a

9.5 ± 1.8^b

0.0001*

125.5 ± 32.8^c

86.5 ± 20.4^a

100.7 ± 14.0^ab

0.0038

134.1 ± 35.4^b

113.4 ± 25.3^a

115.5 ± 13.2^a

0.1705

14.7 ± 2.1^c

3.2 ± 0.5^a

7.0 ± 2.0^b

0.0001

9.8 ± 1.8^b

40.2 ± 3.8^c

5.3 ± 0.8^a

0.0001

0.1 ± 0.1^a

0.1 ± 0.1^a

14.1 ± 1.2^b

0.0001*

320.6 ± 10.4^b

258.6 ± 28.6^a

276.2 ± 46.6^a

0.0006

330.4 ± 10.9^b

298.8 ± 27.8^a

295.7 ± 47.3^a

0.0438

33.6 ± 5.2^c

6.5 ± 1.1^a

14.2 ± 2.4^b

0.0001