lemon/infarction

BACKGROUND In many cases, myocardial infarction leads to arrhythmia. Since antioxidant agents have an important protective role in heart disease, these compounds in medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine. Lemon balm extract, compared to other plants of the lamiaceae family, has been

BACKGROUND we have evaluated the antihypertensive effect of several flavonoid extracts in a rat model of arterial hypertension caused by chronic administration (6 weeks) of the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor, L-NAME. METHODS Sprague Dawley rats received L-NAME alone or L-NAME plus flavonoid-rich

The authors followed up 58 patients aged 40-56 years with coronary heart disease, who sustained myocardial infarction. Twenty-three patients received the antiatheroscleroctic diet including 140-150 g fructose (group 1), 35 subjects were given the common antiatherosclerotic diet (group 2). Fructose

Perillyl alcohol (PA) is a monoterpene found in essential oils of mints, cherries, citreous fruits and lemon grass, reported to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the role of PA in stroke is still illusive. Since oxidative stress and inflammation play a pivotal role in

Background- Cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction, dyslipidaemia and coronary artery pathology, are a major cause of illness and death in Western countries. Therefore, identifying effective therapeutic approaches and their cellular signalling pathways is a challenging goal for