Abstract:Diabetic cardiomyopathy is one of the serious secondary complications of diabetes mellitus in humans. Existing therapy affords symptomatic relief without halting disease progression. Vinpocetine is an alkaloid having pleiotropic pharmacological effects. Present study is designed to investigate the effect of vinpocetine in diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats. Rats were fed with high fat diet (HFD) for nine weeks along with streptozotocin (35 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) after second week to induce diabetic cardiomyopath… Show more
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