Cardiovascular effect of Artemisia afra and its constituents

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-356

  Guantai, A N ^b   Addae Mensah, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Artemisia afra; Cardiodepression; Cardiovascular properties; Hypotensive effect; Long chain esters

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ESTER; SCOPOLETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART STIMULATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033509321     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.5.351.6057     Document Type: Article

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