Soy Isoflavone Protects Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury through Increasing Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Decreasing Oxidative Stress in Ovariectomized Rats

Table 1

Level of body weight, uterus weight, and serum estradiol after MI/R.

	Body weight (g)	Uterus weight (g)	Serum estradiol (pg/mL)
Control	269.0 ± 11.0	0.744 ± 0.062	502.2 ± 31.5
OVS	329.8 ± 15.1^&&	0.162 ± 0.011^&&	194.4 ± 25.0^&&
OVX	333.9 ± 12.3	0.157 ± 0.009	197.5 ± 23.8
CMC	328.8 ± 11.4	0.171 ± 0.018	197.3 ± 21.2
L-SI	302.6 ± 8.1	0.1953 ± 0.02684	274.8 ± 22.4
M-SI	288.6 ± 10.3^#	0.2307 ± 0.03062	300.5 ± 21.1
H-SI	276.0 ± 8.3^##	0.3448 ± 0.03841^#	341.4 ± 25.1^##
OVE	263.0 ± 7.5^##	0.7432 ± 0.07498^##	471.9 ± 42.5^##

Values are mean ± SEM, = 5–8. Statistical significance: ^&& compared with control; ^#, ^## compared with CMC.