Table 2 Concentrations of purines in blood after electrical and CO2 stunning.

From: CO2 and electrical stunning differentially affect energy metabolism in pigs

Compound

Treatment

Mean (nmol/g)

Std. dev

p value

ATP

CO2

17.26

4.59

0.4061

electric

15.77

4.41

ADP

CO2

35.98

5.59

0.0496

electric

40.90

8.82

AMP

CO2

21.68

8.11

0.0001

electric

54.86

32.87

Adenosine

CO2

0.483

0.91

0.0017

electric

0.811

0.50

Adenine

CO2

2.311

0.53

 < 0.0001

electric

1.273

0.32

IMP

CO2

22.12

3.44

0.0759

electric

24.60

4.04

Inosine

CO2

118.16

42.14

 < 0.0001

electric

13.21

4.81

Hypoxanthine

CO2

206.08

40.62

 < 0.0001

electric

100.89

21.70

Guanosine

CO2

9.01

2.60

 < 0.0001

electric

n.d

n.d

Guanine

CO2

8.28

1.57

0.0496

electric

7.01

1.78

Sum

CO2

441.35

85.46

 < 0.0001

electric

260.31

61.87