Curcumin Protects Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes against High Glucose-Induced Apoptosis via PI3K/Akt Signalling Pathway

Figure 4

Curcumin suppressed high glucose-induced cardiomyocytes oxidative stress. (a) Curcumin enhanced SOD activity in cardiomyocytes (). (b) Curcumin reduced MDA level in cardiomyocytes (). (c) Representative images of DHE staining (). (d) Quantification of DCFH-DA staining ( = 11-12). (e) Representative images of HPLC assay ( = 4–6). (f) Quantification of HPLC assay. Values are presented as mean ± SD. versus NG group. versus HG group.

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