Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence by Cinnamaldehyde, the Major Constituent of the Chinese Medicinal Herb Ramulus Cinnamomi
Figure 2
(a) Raw 264.7 cell viability after culture with cinnamaldehyde for 24 h as determined by MTT assay. (b) Effects of cinnamaldehyde on LPS-induced NO production of RAW 264.7 macrophages. Cells were incubated for 24 h with 500 ng/mL of LPS in the absence or presence of cinnamaldehyde. Nitrite concentration in the medium was determined using Griess reagent. (c) Inhibition of iNOS protein expression by cinnamaldehyde in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. (d) Modulation of myosin, iNOS, SMN, AdR1a, and SOD3 protein expressions in cinnamaldehyde-treated HBdSMCs. GADPH was used as a loading control. The calculated data were presented as mean ± SD for at least three different experiments. *, compared to control group. #, compared to LPS group.
