Hypotensive activity and toxicology of constituents from root bark of Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 881-884

  Saleem, Rubeena ^a   Ahmed, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Syed Iqbal ^a   Azeem, Mohammad ^b   Khan, Rashid Ali ^b   Rasool, Najma ^b   Saleem, Hina ^b   Noor, Fatima ^b   Faizi, Shaheen ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure reducing activity; Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula; Root bark

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BISCLERODANE IMIDE; CLERODANE; KOLAVENIC ACID; LIRIODENINE; LYSICAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ISOLATION; EGG YOLK; HYPERTENSION; ISOMER; LD 50; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG YOLK; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYALTHIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; PENDULA; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 27944486768     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1732     Document Type: Article

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