Protective Effects of Galium verum L. Extract against Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Figure 1

Effects of G. verum pretreatment on ex vivo cardiac function. (a) Comparison within and between groups in the value of dp/dt max, (b) comparison within and between groups in the value of dp/dt min, (c) comparison within and between groups in the value of SLVP, (d) comparison within and between groups in the value of DLVP, (e) comparison within and between groups in the value of heart rate, and (f) comparison within and between groups in the value of coronary flow. Statistical significance at the level of within the control group; ^#statistical significance at the level of within the G. verum group; ^¶statistical significance at the level of between the control and G. verum group. Data are presented as . R1, first minute of reperfusion. R7, last minute of reperfusion.

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