Table 4.

Effect of curcumin on myocardium LDH, CK-MB, Ca²⁺-ATPase and Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase activities.

Group	LDH (U/mg protein)	CK (U/mg protein)	Ca2+-ATPase (μmol·mg protein−1·h−1)	Na+-K+-ATPase (μmol·mg protein−1·h−1)
1	1.48 ± 0.13	2.29 ± 0.25	1.65 ± 0.14	3.28 ± 0.25
2	6.28 ± 0.49b	7.49 ± 0.61b	0.59 ± 0.05b	1.27 ± 0.14b
3	4.02 ± 0.35d	5.27 ± 0.48d	0.87 ± 0.07c	2.06 ± 0.19d
4	3.16 ± 0.28d	4.11 ± 0.37d	1.21 ± 0.11d	2.66 ± 0.23d
5	2.69 ± 0.23d	3.52 ± 0.31d	1.41 ± 0.13d	2.95 ± 0.25d

^bp < 0.01, compared with group 1; ^cp < 0.05, ^dp < 0.01, compared with group 2.