Figure 1. Schematic representation of several groups used in the study showing the treatments received by the diabetic rats for 14 days.

On day 15^th these rats were subjected to the LAD coronary artery ligation followed by a one hour reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Moreover, these groups were assessed for several biochemical parameters, histological evaluations, ultrastructural studies, myocardial apoptosis markers and western blot analysis.