Research Article

The Effects of New Alibernet Red Wine Extract on Nitric Oxide and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Table 3

Animal characteristics: body weight, heart weight, and blood pressure of WKY and SHR.

WKY-C ( )WKY + AWE ( )SHR-C ( )SHR+AWE ( )

Body weight (g)249 ± 13253 ± 11211 ± 12*216 ± 11*
Heart weight (g)0,809 ± 0,0440,841 ± 0,0700,791 ± 0,0460,812 ± 0,050
Blood pressure (mmHg)107 ± 8108 ± 6167 ± 12*176 ± 14*

WKY-C: control Wistar Kyoto rats; WKY + AWE: Wistar Kyoto rats treated with the Alibernet wine extract; SHR-CL: control spontaneously hypertensive rats; SHR + AWE: spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with the Alibernet wine extract. * SHR versus WKY.