Cardiovascular effects of the essential oil of Mentha x villosa in DOCA-salt-hypertensive rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 715-720

  Lahlou, S ^a,c   Lima Carneiro Leão, R Ferreira ^a   Leal Cardoso, J H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular effects; Conscious rat; DOCA salt hypertension; Essential oil; Labiatae; Mentha x villosa

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXAMETHONIUM; MENTHA X VILLOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; MENTHA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA; MENTHA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0036972707     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471102321621313     Document Type: Article

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