Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibiting and anti-dipsogenic activities of euphorbia hirta extracts

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 401-402

  Williams, L A D ^a   Gossell Williams, M ^a   Sajabi, A ^a   Barton, E N ^a   Fleischhacker, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibition; Euphorbia hirta; Extract

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FRACTIONATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; THIRST;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; EUPHORBIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030873538     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199708)11:5<401::AID-PTR119>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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