Table 1.

Content of various proteins detected in the aortic media

	L	LP	LCP	LC	Con	P	CP	C
PTAH	26.38 ± 11.65*	21.06 ± 10.52 +	17.69 ± 5.02 ++	15.01 ± 8.52 +++	20.07 ± 7.12	21.58 ± 13.41 +	17.45 ± 4.88 ++	21.50 ± 6.92 +
actin	18.87 ± 13.19***	24.81 ± 10.39*. +	26.81 ± 8.41 ++	27.76 ± 8.50 +++	31.03 ± 9.00	32.69 ± 7.34 +++	30.48 ± 8.11 +++	27.96 ± 6.25 ++
elastin	25.75 ± 3.93***	28.06 ± 3.92***	33.73 ± 3.09 +++	30.95 ± 8.36 +	34.12 ± 7.88	33.26 ± 9.02 +++	33.78 ± 9.40 +++	34.74 ± 5.57 +++
collagen I	12.48 ± 6.77**	10.60 ± 8.23***	10.85 ± 3.45***	7.22 ± 4.76***	20.20 ± 12.10	22.67 ± 7.18 ++	18.67 ± 11.09 +	22.11 ± 10.12 ++
collagen III	0.23 ± 0.16*	0.20 ± 0.17**	0.30 ± 0.18*	0.22 ± 0.24**	0.50 ± 0.39	0.61 ± 0.44 +	0.60 ± 0.51 ++	0.58 ± 0.43 ++
total collagen	12.75 ± 6.89**	10.81 ± 8.36***	11.15 ± 3.56***	7.44 ± 4.95***	20.71 ± 12.27	23.29 ± 7.41 +++	19.27 ± 11.46 +++	22.69 ± 10.38 +++
van Gieson	15.14 ± 6.78***	17.45 ± 4.22***	17.35 ± 2.08***	13.98 ± 4.15***	25.57 ± 6.27	27.01 ± 5.42 +++	25.20 ± 3.34 +++	26.08 ± 3.82 +++
CSA	0.77 ± 0.17*	0.73 ± 0.19*	0.62 ± 0.05 ++	0.73 ± 0.13*	0.55 ± 0.04	0.54 ± 0.07 +	0.55 ± 0.09 +	0.55 ± 0.03 +
thickness	0.14 ± 0.03*	0.14 ± 0.02**	0.12 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.02***	0.11 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01 ++	0.11 ± 0.01 +	0.11 ± 0.01 +
inner diameter	1.42 ± 0.09	1.51 ± 0.15	1.43 ± 0.03	1.47 ± 0.12	1.54 ± 0.09	1.53 ± 0.12	1.58 ± 0.11	1.49 ± 0.13

The table summarizes the values of the relative content of various proteins in the media of the aorta expressed in% of the total cross sectional area (CSA), which is given in mm², thickness and inner diameter in mm. Con - control, L - L-NAME induced hypertension, P - piperine, C - curcumin. + p < 0.05, ++ p < 0.01, +++ p < 0.001 versus L; * p < 0.05 versus Con, ** p < 0.01 versus Con, *** p < 0.001 versus Con.