Antihypertensive and neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin in experimental animals

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Hussein, Ghazi ^a,b   Nakamura, Masami ^b   Zhao, Qi ^b   Iguchi, Tomomi ^b   Goto, Hirozo ^b   Sankawa, Ushio ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Intl Res Ctr for Traditional Med   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Hypertension; Nitric oxide (NO); Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OLIVE OIL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BETA CAROTENE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 18444366458     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.47     Document Type: Article

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