Research Article

Inhibition of Cardiac Hypertrophy Effects in D-Galactose-Induced Senescent Hearts by Alpinate Oxyphyllae Fructus Treatment

Table 1

Heart weight and echocardiographic indices.

ControlInduced aging (IA)IA + ALIA + AMIA + AH

Body weight (g)456 ± 31.05462 ± 32.32437 ± 61.02444 ± 31.4464 ± 15.6
WHW (g)1.39 ± 0.061.55 ± 0.071.39 ± 0.101.37 ± 0.031.40 ± 0.03
LVW (g)0.99 ± 0.061.11 ± 0.060.95 ± 0.110.96 ± 0.020.97 ± 0.02
WHW/tibia (102)3.10 ± 0.093.52 ± 0.23.35 ± 0.233.25 ± 0.083.37 ± 0.10
LVW/tibia (102)2.20 ± 0.092.54 ± 0.132.28 ± 0.242.30 ± 0.052.33 ± 0.08
IVSD (mm)1.37 ± 0.081.31 ± 0.121.43 ± 0.161.31 ± 0.121.38 ± 0.10
LVIDd (mm)9.15 ± 0.629.67 ± 0.738.89 ± 0.349.20 ± 0.129.02 ± 0.50
LVPWd (mm)1.32 ± 0.121.50 ± 0.141.35 ± 0.081.10 ± 0.091.23 ± 0.07
LVIDs (mm)6.09 ± 0.756.17 ± 0.835.12 ± 0.275.99 ± 0.315.05 ± 0.25

Values are means ± SD; at least in each group. AL, AOF low; AM, AOF medium; AH, AOF high; WHW, whole heart weight; LVW, left ventricular weight; WHW/tibia, whole heart weight normalized by tibia length; LVW/tibia, left ventricular weight normalized by tibia length; IVSD, interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole; LVIDd, left ventricular internal dimension at end-diastole; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end-diastole; LVIDs, left ventricular internal dimension at end-systole. and compared to the control group; , , and compared to the induced aging group, respectively.