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

Table 2 Effect of Avemar or Echinacea treatment on serum creatine kinase activity (IU/l) at different time intervals from AMI development (n = 6/group)

	Day 1	Day 7	Day 14
Normal		329 ± 32
AMI	1875 ± 154^a	409 ± 45	527 ± 55
AMI post-treated with Avemar	1875 ± 154^a	235 ± 19	371 ± 33
AMI pre- and post-treated with Avemar	4566 ± 274^ab	219 ± 10	935 ± 83
AMI post-treated with Echinacea	1875 ± 154^a	273 ± 25	200 ± 25
AMI pre- and post-treated with Echinacea	4636 ± 144^ab	216 ± 16	1922 ± 166^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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