Cardiotonic is a substance used to increase the efficiency and improve the contraction of the heart muscle, which leads to improved blood flow to all tissues of the body.
Mangiferin, being a polyphenolic antioxidant and a glucosyl xanthone, it has strong cardiotonic activities.
Mangiferin was found to ameliorate the effect of isoproterenol-induced pathological changes, reduced the lipid peroxide formation and retained the myocardial marker enzyme activities at near normal level.
Cardiotonic
activities of mango
