Group A Yellow wine Red wine Ethanol Control 1.02 ± 0.11 1.03 ± 0.11 1.01 ± 0.13 Hcy 1.01 ± 0.11 1.02 ± 0.15 1.01 ± 0.12 Hcy+1.0%(C1) 1.01 ± 0.13 0.99 ± 0.11 1.00 ± 0.10 Hcy+1.2%(C2) 0.99 ± 0.14 0.98 ± 0.14 0.97 ± 0.15 Hcy+1.4%(C3) 0.96 ± 0.08 0.96 ± 0.11 0.95 ± 0.09 Hcy+1.6%(C4) 0.94 ± 0.10 0.95 ± 0.13 0.91 ± 0.12&& Hcy+1.8%(C5)  0.82 ± 0.09** 0.80 ± 0.13## 0.79 ± 0.08&& Hcy+2.0%(C6)  0.78 ± 0.06** 0.75 ± 0.09## 0.76 ± 0.11&& ** P<0.01 vs. Hcy, ##P<0.01 vs. Hcy, &&P<0.01 vs. Hcy

Table 1: Effects of Chinese yellow wine, red wine and ethanol on the viability of rat aortic VECs ( x ± s. n=5 ).