Sanguis draconis, a Dragon’s Blood Resin, Attenuates High Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Figure 2

Effects of SD on HG-induced formation of ROS, NO, and LPO in HUVECs: (a) ROS production was determined as described in Materials and Methods; (b) the nitrite concentration in the culture medium was determined by Griess reagent; and (c) lipid peroxidation was assayed by measuring the amount of TBARS formation (malondialdehyde, MDA); Data are shown as the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, compared with the normal group; ^#𝑃<0.05; ^##𝑃<0.01, compared with the HG-treated group.

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