Aronia melanocarpa Elliot Reduces the Activity of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme—In Vitro and Ex Vivo Studies

Table 2

Values of ACE activity of control groups (II and III) and patients with metabolic syndrome at baseline and after 1 (1 M) and 2 months (2 M) of Aronia melanocarpa Elliot extract supplementation: MIN–MAX: minimum–maximum values. The reference interval is 8–52 U/L (37°C).

ACE activity; U/L	Patients with MS; (Group I)			Control; (group II); (𝑛=20)	Control group MS; (group III); (𝑛=25)
	At baseline; (𝑛=23)	After 1 M; (𝑛=23)	After 2 M; (𝑛=23)
mean ± SD	87.0±42.1^𝑃<0.001	64.6±25.4^𝑃<0.001/∗∗∗	61.0±34.1^𝑃=0.001/∗∗∗	31.3±11.6	36.6±16.53^NS
MIN–MAX	20.3–165.5	29.9–135.5	11.0–147.0	8.8–60.9	10.31–73.0

^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001 versus baseline; 𝑃 = values versus control healthy group (group II); NS-not statistically significant.