Anti-pressor effect of a Chinese-Japanese herbal medicine, Saiko-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to on hemodynamics in rabbits

In Vivo

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-337

  Okano, Hideyuki ^a   Ohkubo, Chiyoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriolar diameter; Arteriolar vasomotion; Nor adrenaline; Rabbit ear chamber; Saiko ka ryukotsu borei to

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NORADRENALIN; SAIKO KA RYUKOTSU BOREI TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032743291     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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