Avemar and Echinacea extracts enhance mobilization and homing of CD34+ stem cells in rats with acute myocardial infarction

Table 1 Effect of Avemar or Echinacea treatment on circulating CD34⁺ cells at different time intervals from AMI development (n = 6/group)

	Day 1	Day 7	Day 14
Normal		0.28 ± 0.023
AMI	0.28 ± 0.028	0.91 ± 0.068	1.59 ± 0.14^a
AMI post-treated with Avemar	0.28 ± 0.028	0.78 ± 0.07	1.4 ± 0.08^a
AMI pre- and post-treated with Avemar	3.65 ± 0.275^ab	1.38 ± 0.095^a	3.17 ± 0.196^ab
AMI post-treated with Echinacea	0.28 ± 0.028	2.14 ± 0.09^ab	5.1 ± 0.196^ab
AMI pre- and post-treated with Echinacea	4.22 ± 0.35^ab	1.34 ± 0.099^a	3.65 ± 0.099^ab

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error. ^aSignificantly different from the normal group at P < 0.01. ^bSignificantly different from the corresponding AMI value at P < 0.01. AMI acute myocardial infarction

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