Novel vs clinical organ preservation solutions: improved cardiac mitochondrial protection

Table 1 Comparison of organ preservation solutions

	Celsior^a	Perfadex^a	Somah^b
IC/EX	EX	EX	EX
Na⁺	100	138	125
K⁺	15	6	7
Impermeant/Colloid	LactoB, mannitol	Dextran	LactoB, mannitol
Buffer	Histidine	Phos	Bicarb
Antioxidant	GSH, mannitol	-	GSH, mannitol
Osmolarity (mOsm/L)	320	292	305
Ca²⁺	0.25		0.25
Mg²⁺	13	0.8	13
CI^-	-	142	-
Glucose	-	5	11
Others		SO₄ ^2-0.8 dextran 40 g/L	2 mmol/L adenosine insulin 10 mg/ml 1 mmol abscorbic acid

All units expressed in mmol/L unless otherwise indicated
Source ^aReference [8]; ^bReference [5]
Abbreviations: IC intracellular, EX extracellular, Und undetermined, LactoB lactobionate, HES hydroxyethyl starch, Phos phosphate, Bicarb bicarbonate, GSH glutathione

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