functional effect of soybean extract and isolated isoflavone on myocardial infarction and ventricular dysfunction: The soybean extract on myocardial infarction
BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction is a public health problem. Functional food is an alternative treatment for cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to analyze the functional and anatomopathological post-myocardial-infarction effects of soybean extract (SE) and isoflavone (IF). METHOD...
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Published in | The Journal of nutritional biochemistry Vol. 23; no. 12; pp. 1740 - 1748 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York, NY
Elsevier Inc
01.12.2012
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Summary: | BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction is a public health problem. Functional food is an alternative treatment for cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to analyze the functional and anatomopathological post-myocardial-infarction effects of soybean extract (SE) and isoflavone (IF). METHODS: Myocardial infarction was induced in adult Wistar rats. After 5 days, an echocardiogram was performed to determine heart rate (HR), ejection fraction (EF), systolic volume (LVESV) and diastolic volume (LVEDV). Animals with ventricular dysfunction (EF<45%) were selected for study. The animals were divided into three groups: control (n=14), SE (n=15) and IF (n=12). The IF group received 120 mg/kg/day isolated IF, and the SE group received 12.52 g/day. After 30 days, a new echocardiogram was performed. A histological exam was carried out to determine the collagen. Activity of biochemical markers [arginase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase] was measured. RESULTS: The animals of the control, IF and SE groups showed a reduction in EF after the infarction (P=.432, P=.017 and P=.320, respectively). An increase of LVESV and LVEDV was observed in all groups (P=.009, P=.001 and P=.140; and P=.003, P=.008 and P=.205, respectively). A reduction of HR was found in the SE group (P=.020). There was a greater activity of LDH in the SE group. A smaller quantity of mature collagen was found in the region proximal to the myocardial infarction in the SE group. CONCLUSION: A protective effect in the SE group was observed 30 days after the myocardial infarction. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.05.017 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0955-2863 1873-4847 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.05.017 |