Vascular effects of aqueous crude extracts of Artemisia verlotorum Lamotte (Compositae): In vivo and in vitro pharmacological studies in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 645-648

  Calderone, Vincenzo ^a   Martinotti, Enrica ^a   Baragatti, Barbara ^a   Breschi, Maria Cristina ^a   Morelli, Ivano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Hypertension; Hypotensive; Muscarinic; Nitric oxide; Rat aorta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CYCLIC GMP; CYPROHEPTADINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ARTEMISIA VERLOTORUM;

EID: 0032786484     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199912)13:8<645::AID-PTR496>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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