Cardiovascular protective effects of traditional Chinese medicine Bak Foong Pills in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1095-1099

  Zhou, Qin ^a   Rowlands, Dewi Kenneth ^a   Gou, Yu Lin ^a   Tsang, Lai Ling ^a   Chung, Yiu Wa ^a   Chan, Hsiao Chang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti hypertensive; Bak Foong Pill; Cardio protective; Estrogen

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BAK FOONG; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAK FOONG PILLS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART PROTECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 2142656306     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.26.1095     Document Type: Article

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