Research Article

Luteolin Attenuates Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Diabetic Rats by Modulating Nrf2 Antioxidative Function

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Effect of luteolin on blood glucose in diabetic rats. ND: nondiabetic rats; D: diabetic rats; D+Lut: diabetic rats treated with luteolin (100 mg/kg/d, i.g.); D+L-NAME+Lut: diabetic rats treated with the NOS inhibitor L-NAME (25 mg/kg/d, i.g.) and luteolin; D+Brusatol+Lut: STZ diabetic rats treated with brusatol (0.4 mg/kg/2d, i.p.) and luteolin. Six weeks after STZ injection, L-NAME, brusatol, and luteolin were administered for two weeks. All data are expressed as ; rats per group; versus ND.