Effects of Taurine on Myocardial cGMP/cAMP Ratio, Antioxidant Ability, and Ultrastructure in Cardiac Hypertrophy Rats Induced by Isoproterenol - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - page 207

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Fig. 21.1 Effects of taurine on heart coefficient, serum CK-MB level. Results are presented as
mean ± SEM ( n = 9 in heart coefficient; n = 5 in CK-MB). *: significantly different from the model
group ( p < 0.05), **: significantly different from the model group ( p < 0.01)

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Fig. 21.2 Effects of taurine on myocardial cGMP and cAMP levels and myocardial cGMP/cAMP.
Results are presented as mean ± SEM ( n = 5 in cAMP, cGMP, and cGMP/cAMP). *: significantly dif-
ferent from the model group ( p < 0.05), **: significantly different from the model group ( p < 0.01)