BAX and cerebral infarction: The high dose of VOFGA could inhibit neurological damage; reduce the cerebral infarction volume and brain water content; improve whole blood viscosity and red blood cell aggregation index at various shear rates; reduce the levels of TG, TC, LDL-C, TNF-α, IL-1β, MDA, and NO; increase the contents of HDL-C, IL-10, and SOD; downregulate the expressions of Bax and cleaved caspase-3 in the ischemic regions; and upregulate the expressions of Bcl-2.