Study of antihypertensive mechanism of Tribulus terrestris in 2K1C hypertensive rats: Role of tissue ACE activity

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2963-2971

  Sharifi, Ali M ^a   Darabi, Radbod ^a   Akbarloo, Nasrin ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ACE activity; Hypertension; Tribulus terrestris

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FREEZE DRYING; FRUIT; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SERUM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

TRIBULUS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0141644337     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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