Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Research Article

Potential Therapeutic Role of Dietary Supplementation with Spirulina platensis on the Erectile Function of Obese Rats Fed a Hypercaloric Diet

Table 1

and pCE50 values for PHE in the absence and presence of L-NAME and indomethacin, from the isolated corpus cavernosum of rats in the SD, HCD, HCD+SP50, HCD+SP100, and HCD+SD groups.
Groups/PHEAbsenceL-NAMEIndomethacin
SD
  (%)100#
 pCE50
HCD
  (%)
 pCE50
HCD+SP50
  (%)
 pCE50
HCD+SP100
  (%)
 pCE50
HCD+SD
  (%)
 pCE50
The symbols and vertical bars represent the mean and S.E.M., respectively (). ANOVA one-way followed by Tukey’s posttest. (absence vs. L-NAME and indomethacin) and # (L-NAME vs. indomethacin). L-NAME = Nω nitro L-arginine methyl ester. PHE = phenylephrine; SD = standard diet group; HCD = hypercaloric diet group; HCD+SP50 and HCD+SP100 = hypercaloric diet groups supplemented with S. platensis 50 and 100 mg/kg, respectively; HCD+SD = hypercaloric diet group later fed a standard diet.