Figure 6.

Effects of L. plantarum and inulin supplementation on protein expression of the cardiac caspase-9. (a) The protein level of caspase-9 in the left ventricles of excided hearts from the control and diabetic rats, as determined by western blot analysis. (b) Relative protein quantification of cleaved caspase-9, on the basis of procaspase-9. HC: healthy control; DC: diabetic control; DSh: diabetic sham; DL: diabetics treated by L. plantarum; DI: diabetics treated by inulin; DLI: diabetics treated by L. plantarum and inulin. Values are means ± SD and regarded significantly different at P < 0.05 with a post hoc Tukey test.