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BioMed Research International
Volume 2016, Article ID 6437641, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6437641
Research Article

Sundarban Honey Confers Protection against Isoproterenol-Induced Myocardial Infarction in Wistar Rats

Rizwana Afroz,1,2 E. M. Tanvir,1,3 Nurul Karim,1 Md. Sabir Hossain,1 Nadia Alam,4 Siew Hua Gan,4 and Md. Ibrahim Khalil1,4

1Laboratory of Preventive and Integrative Biomedicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
2Department of Biochemistry, Primeasia University, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College, Gono University, Mirzanagar, Savar, Dhaka 1344, Bangladesh
4Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Received 16 March 2016; Revised 18 April 2016; Accepted 3 May 2016

Academic Editor: Tamer Mohamed

Copyright © 2016 Rizwana Afroz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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