Antioxidant Activity and Cardioprotective Effect of a Nonalcoholic Extract of Vaccinium meridionale Swartz during Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rats
Figure 5
(a) Effects of fermented berry extract (BE, ) and berry juice (BJ, ) and BE + L-NAME () on lipid peroxidation (MDA); (b) reduced glutathione (GSH). The treatment with BE attenuated lipid peroxidation and preserved GSH levels in comparison to IC hearts. These favorable changes were annulled when BE was administered in the presence of NOS inhibitor, L-NAME. * with respect to IC; # with respect to BE.
