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From: Bacopa monnieri extract increases rat coronary flow and protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

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Pretreatment with B. monnieri and recovery after myocardial ischemia in isolated rat hearts. a coronary flow (ml/min) using normal perfusate (control) or perfusate containing 30 or 100 μg/ml B. monnieri (10 min), followed by cessation of perfusion (30 min, ischemia) and then restoration of normal perfusate (30 min, reperfusion). b-e truncated time courses showing the post-ischemia recovery period where the values are expressed as percentage of the mean data from the same heart compared to the 10 min stabilization using normal perfusate for b coronary flow, %, c LVDP, %, d HR, % and e functional recovery, %, a global index of cardiac contractile function, calculated as [(HR TRx × LVDP TRx × 100) / HR TP10 × LVDP TP10] where TRx represents the time of reperfusion at x min and TP10 relates to the value at 10 min of the perfusion during stabilization period. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 9 hearts) and **p < 0.001 for 30 or 100 μg/ml B. monnieri compared to control

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