Research Article

Cardioprotective Effect of the Aqueous Extract of Lavender Flower against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Table 1

Effect of the aqueous extract of lavender flower (LFAE) on levels of CK and LDH in coronary flow of ischemia/reperfusion injury ( , ).

GroupsBefore ischemiaReperfusion
20 min45 min

CK (U/L)
 Control15.59 ± 1.3517.01 ± 1.3718.57 ± 1.31
 I/R14.98 ± 1.09 45.25 ± 3.59** 50.36 ± 2.63**
 LFAE15.67 ± 1.05 21.26 ± 2.00## 30.63 ± 2.28##
LDH (U/L)
 Control12.34 ± 1.1313.23 ± 1.8014.48 ± 1.07
 I/R12.63 ± 1.1730.91 ± 2.62**37.68 ± 2.01**
 LFAE13.06 ± 0.8321.39 ± 1.33##27.60 ± 1.55##

, compared with control group; , compared with I/R group.