EFFECTS OF CORYDALIS TURTSCHANINOVII F.YANHUSUO (LARGE LEAF TYPE) ON EXPERIMENTAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

In this paper, the effects of rhizoma corydalis turtschaninovii f.yanhusuo (large leaf type5 LLYH) on experimental myocardial ischemia and coronary blood flow are reported.LLYH was showed to be active in increasing the tolerance of mice to monobaric hypoxia and prolonging survival time of the animal under the high oxygen consumption condition induced by large dose of isoproterenol.It decreased the severity of myocardial ischemic necrosis induced by large dose of isoproterenol in mice and reduced the extent of myocardial infarction in Wistar rats 12 h after ligation of the root of th,e left coronary artery.In anesthetized open chest cats, coronary blood flow was increased by LLYH infusion with slight decrease in heart rate and blood pressure.