Hypotensive effect in rats of hydrophilic extract from Terminalia arjuna containing tannin-related compounds

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 424-427

  Takahashi, S ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Hano, Y ^a   Ito, K ^a   Nomura, T ^a   Shigenobu, K ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Tannin; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 0030862665     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199709)11:6<424::AID-PTR117>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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