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Figure 5

From: Dexamethasone increased the survival rate in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice

Figure 5

Nitrites and nitrates in the lungs (A) and brains (B) of Plasmodium berghei-infected Swiss mice. Animals were pretreated and received a daily dose of DEXAMETHASONE, L-ARGININE, or PBS (CONTROL). @p < 0.0001 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p = 0.0013 versus DEXMETHASONE; #p = 0.0005 versus L-ARGININE and p = 0.0394 versus DEXAMETHASONE; !p = 0.0006 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p < 0.0001 versus DEXAMETHASONE and p < 0.0001 versus L-ARGININE; &p < 0.0001 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p < 0.0001 versus DEXAMETHASONE and p = 0.0158 versus L-ARGININE; *p = 3.1 × 10−5 versus DEXAMETHASONE and p = 1.5 × 10−4 versus POSITIVE CONTROL; μp = 0.0048 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p = 0.0003 versus DEXAMETHASONE and p = 0.0001 versus L-ARGININE; $p < 0.0001 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p < 0.00001 versus L-ARGININE; p = 3.4 × 10−6 versus L-ARGININE and p = 5.0 × 10−4 versus CONTROL; %p < 0.00001 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p < 0.00001 versus DEMATHASONE and p = 0.0001 versus L-ARGININE; ¥p = 3.6 × 10−4 versus L-ARGININE and p = 4.6 × 10−4 versus POSITIVE CONTROL; βp = 0.0007 versus POSITIVE CONTROL, p = 0.0007 versus DEXAMETHASONE, and p = 0.0057 versus L-ARGININE; κp = 0.0001 versus POSITIVE CONTROL and p = 0.0015 versus L-ARGININE; λp = 0.0094 versus L-ARGININE; cp = 0.0058 versus L-ARGININE and p = 0.0201 versus POSITIVE CONTROL.

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