Fig. 3.

Effect of apple pectin (AP) on activation of procaspase-3 to cleaved caspase-3. (A) Photomicrographs of myocardial tissue sections showing cleaved caspase-3 expression (200×): (a), sham group; (b), control group; (c), AP-treated group (with 100 mg/kg/day). Photomicrographs were randomly taken from area at risk (AAR). (B) Quantitative analysis of cleaved caspase-3 protein. Arbitrary units were used. The numbers of rats used in the sham, control, and AP-treated groups were 5, 5 and 5, respectively. ^*P < 0.05 vs. control group.