Table 5

Lidocaine metabolism in hepatocytes and liver slices

Tissue Source	Lidocaine Metabolism		N
Tissue Source	Hepatocytes	Liver Slices	N
	nmol MEGX/10⁶cells/hr
Tx-livers	55.2 ± 9.4	47.3 ± 9.5^5-a	12
PH-livers	44.1 ± 9.4	16.6 ± 5.4^5-b	8

Results are expressed as mean ± SE.

↵5-a p < 0.05 vs. liver slices from PH-livers.
↵5-b p < 0.05 vs. hepatocytes from the same liver.