[Effect of safflower injection on cardiac energy charge and anti-apoptosis gene bcl-2 in rats' heart].

Objective: To study the effect of safflower injection (SI) in protecting heart, and on energy charge and anti-apoptosis gen bcl-2 in cardiac tissue.
Methods: Rats' Langendorff isolated heart infused model was used in the experiment to study the effect of SI by measuring the cardiac function, energy charge and bcl-2 expression of the cultured heart in the modified Euro-Collins (mEC) heart preserving liquid with or without addition of SI.
Results: As compared with the control, SI showed the effects of improving functions of cardiac contraction and dilation, increasing coronary blood flow, and strengthening the bcl-2 protein expression.
Conclusion: SI has excellent effect in protecting heart.