Comparison of the Protective Effects of Individual Components of Particulated trans-Sialidase (PTCTS), PTC and TS, against High Cholesterol Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis in Rabbits

Table 3

Plaque measurements of thoracic and abdominal aorta from animals in each group after H&E staining. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

	Thoracic portion			Abdominal portion
	Total length (Et, mm)	Plaque length (Ep, mm)	Plaque area (AP, mm^2)	Total length (Et, mm)	Plaque length (Ep, mm)	Plaque area (AP, mm^2)
CNeg	10 ± 0.4	0.5 ± 1.2	0.03 ± 0.7	7.4 ± 2.0	0.1 ± 0.3	0.01 ± 0.02
CPos	9.7 ± 1.6	4.7 ± 3.6	0.8 ± 0.9	7.8 ± 2.4	4.1 ± 2.5	0.7 ± 0.8
PTC	10.6 ± 3.6	6.5 ± 3.7	1.4 ± 1.2	7.7 ± 2.8	2.6 ± 2.2	0.4 ± 0.4
TS	8.9 ± 2.2	4.4 ± 2.7	0.6 ± 0.4	8.9 ± 0.8	5 ± 3.6	1.1 ± 0.9
PTCTS	8.7 ± 1.8	3.9 ± 2.8	0.7 ± 0.4	7.6 ± 1.4	3.1 ± 2.5	0.3 ± 0.3