Fatty acid oxidation (Acadm, Etfdh, Acadl, Acadvl, Eci1, Hadh, Phyh, Acaa2, Hadha, Hadhb, Cd36), glucose metabolism (Dld, Pdha1, Pgam1, Pgam2, Acss1, Ldhb, Fh1, Slc2a4, Aldh6a1), TCA cycle (Aco2, Dld, Fh1, Ogdh, Sucla2, Sdha, Idh3b, Idh2) were up-regulated by hispidulin in cardiac hypertrophy. This evidence concerns the gene ECI1 and cardiac hypertrophy.