Essential oil of Croton nepetaefolius decreases blood pressure through an action upon vascular smooth muscle: Studies in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Lahlou, Saad ^a,d   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^b   Magalhães, Pedro Jorge Caldas ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular effects; Conscious rat; Croton nepetaefolius; DOCA salt hypertension; Essential oil; Euphorbiaceae; Isolated thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

CROTON EXTRACT; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CROTON; CROTON NEPETAEFOLIUS; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 0034027457     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-11133     Document Type: Article

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