Fig. 5. Comparison of the effects of the peptides on the nerve-evoked and the
ACh-induced contractions. (A) 107 mol l1
ENpa, (B) 107 mol l1 GSPRFFamide, (C)
108 mol l1 NdWFamide. Upper, middle and
lower lines of the box plots show 75th percentile, median and 25th percentile,
respectively. Upper and lower bars show the largest and smallest values.
Numbers of preparations are shown in parentheses. Statistical significance was
assessed either by Mann-Witney U-test (A,C) or Student's
t-test (B).