Table 1.
Effect of Phellinus linteus mycelium (PLM) on coronary ischemia 1 h-reperfusion 3 h (IR) induced arrhythmias in anesthetized rats.
| Ventricular tachycardia |
Ventricular fibrillation |
Mortality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Incidence (%) | Duration (s) | Incidence (%) | Duration (s) | (%) | ||
| Sham | |||||||
| Vehicle | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| PLM 10-7 g/kg | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Operated (IR) | |||||||
| Vehicle (Control) | 8 | 100 | 30.6 ± 10.8 | 75 | 41.8 ± 14.8 | 50 | |
| PLM 10-9 g/kg | 8 | 75 | 4.5 ± 1.6∗ | 50 | 29.5 ± 10.4 | 37.5 | |
| PLM 10-8 g/kg | 8 | 75 | 10.8 ± 3.8 | 12.5∗ | 0.5 ± 0.2∗ | 0∗ | |
Vehicle is in normal saline; n = number of experiments; values for duration of VT and VF are shown as the mean ± S.E.M. ∗Statistical difference at the level of P < 0.05 as compared with control.