FIGURE 1.

Effect of SMYA on Atherosclerotic Lesion Area. (A) oil red o staining showed: in control group, the aorta was milky white, and the aorta intima was smooth and without lipid deposition. Compared with the control group, large areas of continuous flaky red atheromatous plaques could be seen, which was mainly concentrated in the aortic arch and the abdominal aorta and the plaque area of aorta intima was significantly increased in model group. Compared with the model group, only scattered red atherosclerotic plaques could be seen and the plaque area of aorta intima was decreased in both of simvastatin group and SMYA group. (B) quantitative analysis of SMYA on atherosclerotic lesion area. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.