Healthy Food Cabbage May Prevent Damages Induced by Myocardial Infarction

By Kyle J. Norton

Myocardial infarction is a severe and medical emergency characterized by the obstruction of the blood supply to the brain, causing local brain neurons to death. Prompt treatment can minimize brain damage and potential post disease complications.

In other words, myocardial infarction (MI) occurs due to the imbalance in oxygen supply and demand caused by plaque rupture with thrombus formation in an artery, leading to the reduced blood flow to the heart.

The occurrence and extent of brain infarction are associated with three basic factors, including the site of arterial occlusion, the rapidity of arterial occlusion, and the presence or absence of collateral circulation.

In other words, brain infarction can be classified into myocardial infarction due to plaque rupture and myocardial oxygen supply-demand imbalance secondary to other acute illnesses.

The exact causes of a blood clot to induce acute brain infarction are unknown. Plaques accumulation in the arteries associated with hardening and stiffing arterial walls is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, including stroke.

According to the statistics provided by the CDC, every year, approximately, about 790,000 Americans have a heart attack, including 580,000 cases of a first heart attack and 210,000 to people who have already had a first heart attack.

The most common symptoms of MI are pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or aching sensation in your chest, digestive discomforts such as nausea, indigestion, heartburn, abdominal pain, shortness of breath and dizziness.

Conventionally, treatment of myocardial infarction is a focus to reduce the damage of the heart muscle accomplished through medical or mechanical means.

Cabbage is a species of Brassica oleracea belongings to the family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), native to the Mediterranean region along the seacoast. The veggie has a short stem with a crowded mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties, it may be red or purplish.

On findings a natural wholefood for the treatment of post-stroke, researchers examined the effects of anthocyanin-rich red cabbage extract (ARCE) on H2O2 treated rat neonatal cardiomyoblasts (H9c2 cells) and isoproterenol (ISO) induced rodent model of myocardial infarction.

According to the tested analysis,
* H2O2 treated H9c2 cells recorded cytotoxicity (48-50%) and apoptosis (57.3%), compared to the reduction in the presence of ARCE (7-10% & 12.3% respectively).

* Rats pretreated with ARCE for 30 days followed by ISO treatment recorded favorable heart: body weight ratio as compared to ISO treated group.

* Furthermore, the mRNA levels of enzymatic antioxidants (sod and catalase) and apoptotic genes (Bax and BCL-2) in the ARCE+ISO treated group was similar to the control group suggesting that ARCE pretreatment prevents ISO induced depletion of enzymatic antioxidants and apoptosis.

* Moreover, ARCE+ISO treated group (4.5%) recorded results comparable to control (0%) in infracted areas (10%) and derangement of the myocardium.

* ARCE+ISO treated group accounted promote the caveolin-3 associated with the heart muscle and SERCA2a expression involved in the reduce risk of heart failure, compared to the ISO treated group an indication of ARCE in the mediated reduction in membrane damage and calcium imbalance.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, "Overall this study elucidates the mechanism of ARCE mediated prevention of experimentally induced myocardial damage".

Taken altogether, cabbage may be used for the treatment of myocardial infarction, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.



Natural Medicine for Fatty Liver And Obesity Reversal - The Revolutionary Findings To Achieve Optimal Health And Lose Weight

How To Get Rid Of Eye Floaters 
Contrary To Professionals Prediction, Floaters Can Be Cured Naturally 

Ovarian Cysts And PCOS Elimination
Holistic System In Existence That Will Show You How-To
Permanently Eliminate All Types of Ovarian Cysts Within 2 Months

Back to Kyle J. Norton Homepage http://kylejnorton.blogspot.ca


Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Anthocyanin rich extract of Brassica oleracea L. alleviates experimentally induced myocardial infarction by Jana S1, Patel D1,2, Patel S1, Upadhyay K1, Thadani J1, Mandal R3, Das S3, Devkar R. (PubMed)