Research Article

Melissa officinalis L. Supplementation Provides Cardioprotection in a Rat Model of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis

Table 1

Effects of MOEs on body weight (Bw), heart weight (Hw), heart weight/body weight ratio (Hw/Bw ratio), spleen weight (Sw), and spleen weight/body weight ratio (Sw/Bw ratio). CTRL: control group; EAM: experimental autoimmune myocarditis group; MOE50, MOE100, and MOE200: groups of rats treated with either 50, 100, or 200 mg/kg of Melissa officinalis extract. Statistical significance at the level of compared to CTRL, #compared to EAM, and compared to MOE50. Data are expressed .

CTRLEAMMOE50MOE100MOE200

Bw (g)
Hw (mg)
Sw (mg)#
Hw/Bw ratio (mg/g)
Sw/Bw ratio (mg/g)#