Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on blood pressure and vascular endothelial response by acetylcholine in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Kubota, Yoko ^a   Tanaka, Naoko ^a   Kagota, Satomi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuki ^a   Kunitomo, Masaru ^a   Umegaki, Keizo ^b   Shinozuka, Kazumasa ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; GINKGO BILOBA; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GINKGO BILOBA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 31544437212     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.2.0012     Document Type: Article

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