Anti-Inflammatory Effects of the Chinese Herbal Formula Sini Tang in Myocardial Infarction Rats

Table 4

Overview of vascular functional index marker expression levels in serum or in plasma (𝑥±𝑠).

	Sham	Model	FS	SNT-LD	SNT-HD	Expression levels (versus model)
ET (ng/L)	161.40±13.95	171.09±13.17	166.15±9.01	166.74±7.70	158.49±9.97	↓
NO (µmol/L)	54.04±11.88	48.18±10.14	53.78±6.24	53.06±11.54	64.85±8.74^▴	↑
NO/ET	3.35	2.83	3.24	3.18	4.09^∗∗▴▴	↑
ANP (ng/L)	250.00±21.32	367.34±43.20	222.26 ±80.25	224.82±80.19	189.05±49.96^▴	↓

ET and ANP were measured in plasma. NO was measured in serum.
^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus sham group, ^▴𝑃<0.05, ^▴▴𝑃<0.01 versus model group.