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

Table 3 Effect of Avemar or Echinacea treatment on serum vascular endothelial growth factor level (pg/ml) at different time intervals from AMI development (n = 6/group)

	Day 1	Day 7	Day 14
Normal		26.8 ± 2.1
AMI	53.4 ± 4.7	106.3 ± 10.8^a	349.7 ± 33.5^a
AMI post-treated with Avemar	53.4 ± 4.7	41.4 ± 4	114.9 ± 9.8^ab
AMI pre- and post-treated with Avemar	121.3 ± 8.8^a	124.3 ± 7.5^a	116.9 ± 11.1^ab
AMI post-treated with Echinacea	53.4 ± 4.7	122 ± 12.3^a	104 ± 10.9^ab
AMI pre- and post-treated with Echinacea	222.5 ± 23.6^ab	163.9 ± 12.2^a	137.5 ± 14.2^ab

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error. ^aSignificantly different from the normal group at P < 0.05. ^bSignificantly different from the corresponding AMI value at P < 0.05. AMI acute myocardial infarction

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