Research Article

Effects of Allicin on Hypertension and Cardiac Function in Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 2

Gross cardiac measurements.

CTCKDCKDA

Right atrium (mg)
Left atrium (mg)
Right ventricle (mg)
Left ventricle (mg)
Heart (g)
LVIM (mg/g)
Heart/BW (g)

CT: control; CKD: chronic kidney disease; CKDA: chronic kidney disease treated with allicin; LVMI: left ventricle mass index; BW: body weight. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of at least 6 animals from each experimental group. versus control and versus CKD.