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. 2010 Sep 15;2011:950150. doi: 10.1093/ecam/neq075

Table 1.

Physiological and echocardiographic parameters in rat hearts.

Control DM
GO-0 GO-10 GO-50 GO-100
At basal level
 BW (g) 189.1 ± 14.4 153.0 ± 14.1* 138.5 ± 17.5* 165.0 ± 15.0* 154.5 ± 11.5*
 Blood glucose (mg dl−1) 73.8 ± 6.5 269.2 ± 59.8* 215.0 ± 42.3* 256.8 ± 44.5* 218.3 ± 49.5*
 HR (beats/min) 415.7 ± 10.5 400.0 ± 22.5 397.4 ± 29.0 418.8 ± 39.1 392.4 ± 21.3
 LVEDD (mm) 5.70 ± 0.54 5.29 ± 0.38 6.10 ± 0.75 5.36 ± 0.43 6.07 ± 0.62
 LVESD (mm) 2.60 ± 0.29 2.61 ± 0.03 2.95 ± 0.51 2.68 ± 0.29 3.11 ± 0.28
 FS (%) 49.8 ± 2.0 48.6 ± 3.5 49.3 ± 4.0 48.0 ± 2.1 49.6 ± 3.9
 EF (%) 87.6 ± 0.9 86.7 ± 2.9 86.7 ± 3.5 87.4 ± 1.3 85.6 ± 3.0
 CO (l min−1) 0.20 ± 0.05 0.19 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.06 0.19 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.01
 LVM (mg) 13.22 ± 0.05 13.29 ± 0.01 13.55 ± 0.03 13.42 ± 0.02 13.50 ± 0.07
After 16-day feeding of different doses of garlic oil
 BW (g) 331.3 ± 10.5 225.0 ± 14.4* 155.0 ± 20.2* 202.5 ± 30.3* 212.5 ± 21.7*
 Blood glucose (mg dl−1) 96.0 ± 7.4 412.0 ± 12.7* 423.5 ± 7.8* 467.5 ± 19.3* 453.8 ± 18.3*
 HR (beats/min) 413.5 ± 1.4 279.0 ± 10.2* 323.0 ± 1.6* 364.5 ± 26.8# 439.7 ± 13.6#
 LVEDD (mm) 6.65 ± 0.2 6.93 ± 0.23 7.70 ± 0.17* 7.45 ± 0.29 7.65 ± 0.29*
 LVESD (mm) 2.45 ± 0.14 4.60 ± 0.01* 4.65 ± 0.29* 4.15 ± 0.87∗,# 3.30 ± 0.58∗,#
 FS (%) 62.6 ± 3.6 33.5 ± 2.3* 39.4 ± 0.8* 44.2 ± 0.9* 57.6 ± 1.3#
 EF (%) 93.4 ± 1.7 68.0 ± 3.0* 75.6 ± 0.8* 80.5 ± 0.9∗,# 90.8 ± 0.8#
 CO (l min−1) 0.15 ± 0.66 0.13 ± 0.38 0.25 ± 0.17 0.23 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.03∗,#
 LVM (mg) 13.27 ± 0.17 13.21 ± 0.04 13.21 ± 0.04 13.17 ± 0.01 13.16 ± 0.06
 LVM/TL (mg mm−1) 0.329 ± 0.001 0.413 ± 0.009* 0.358 ± 0.019 0.343 ± 0.013# 0.323 ± 0.002#

Results are mean ± SEM.

*P < .05 versus with control group. # P < .05 versus with GO-0 group (n = 6 rats in each group).