Fig. 2

Postpartum effects of AT1-AA blockade in preeclampsia on plasma nitric oxide (NO) and antioxidant capacity. A plasma NO metabolites nitrate and nitrite were measured using a commercially available kit. B plasma total antioxidant capacity was measured as the ability of all aqueous and lipid-soluble antioxidants to inhibit the oxidation of ABTS to ABTS + by metmyoglobin. The total antioxidant capacity was quantified as millimolar Trolox equivalents. All statistical comparisons between normal pregnant (NP) postpartum, RUPP postpartum, and RUPP + AT1-AA inhibition (‘n7AAc’) postpartum was analyzed by a one-way ANOVA with Bonferoni’s post hoc test. *p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant (n = 2–6)