التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Oral administration of veratric acid, a constituent of vegetables and fruits, prevents cardiovascular remodelling in hypertensive rats: a functional evaluation. |
| المؤلفون: |
Saravanakumar, Murugesan, Raja, Boobalan, Manivannan, Jeganathan, Silambarasan, Thangarasu, Prahalathan, Pichavaram, Kumar, Subramanian, Mishra, Santosh Kumar |
| المصدر: |
British Journal of Nutrition; 11/14/2015, Vol. 114 Issue 9, p1385-1394, 10p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ANALYSIS of variance, ANIMAL experimentation, ANTIOXIDANTS, AORTA, BENZOATES, CARDIOVASCULAR system, DIETARY supplements, HEART, HYPERTENSION, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY, LIPID peroxidation (Biology), PROBABILITY theory, RATS, STATISTICS, DATA analysis, OXIDATIVE stress, FIBROSIS, DATA analysis software |
| مستخلص: |
In our previous studies, veratric acid (VA) shows beneficial effect on hypertension and its associated dyslipidaemia. In continuation, this study was designed to investigate the effect of VA, one of the major benzoic acid derivatives from vegetables and fruits, on cardiovascular remodelling in hypertensive rats, primarily assessed by functional studies using Langendorff isolated heart system and organ bath system. Hypertension was induced in male albino Wistar rats by oral administration of Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (l-NAME) (40 mg/kg body weight (b.w.)) in drinking water for 4 weeks. VA was orally administered at a dose of 40 mg/kg b.w. l-NAME-treated rats showed impaired cardiac ventricular and vascular function, evaluated by Langendorff isolated heart system and organ bath studies, respectively; a significant increase in the lipid peroxidation products such as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and lipid hydroperoxides in aorta; and a significant decrease in the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and levels of GSH, vitamin C and vitamin E in aorta. Fibrotic remodelling of the aorta and heart were assessed by Masson’s Trichrome staining and Van Gieson’s staining, respectively. In addition, l-NAME rats showed increased heart fibronectin expression assessed by immunohistochemical analysis. VA supplementation throughout the experimental period significantly normalised cardiovascular function, oxidative stress, antioxidant status and fibrotic remodelling of tissues. These results of the present study conclude that VA acts as a protective agent against hypertension-associated cardiovascular remodelling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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