Mauritia flexuosa Presents In Vitro and In Vivo Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Activities
Figure 6
Oil extract reduces leukocyte rolling and firm adhesion over collagen-bound platelet monolayers. (a) Homogeneous carpet of spread platelets labeled with calcein-AM formed on the collage. (b) Representative images of rhodamine 6G labeled leukocyte rolling and adhesion on platelet monolayer at shear rate of 150 s−1 in absence (DMSO 0.3%) or presence of oil extract (1 mg/mL). (c) Velocities of leukocyte rolling and firm adhesion on platelet monolayer surface. Results were expressed as mean ± SEM of . ***. We eliminated the background (yellow colored oil) with plugin that implemented ImageJ's (subtract background command) to avoid quenching phenomena for the yellow colored oil (the Amazonian oil).
