Studies on the hypotensive, cardio-suppressant, vasodilator and antiplatelet activities of betel nut crude extract and its constituents

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-41

  Gilani, Anwarul H ^a   Ghayur, Muhammad N ^a,b   Houghton, Peter J ^b   Jabeen, Qaiser ^a   Kazim, Syed F ^a   Jumani, Maliha I ^a   Saeed, Sheikh A ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet; Betel nut; Cardio suppressant; Cholinergic; Endothelium dependent vasodilator; Hypotensive

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARECAIDINE; ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; CATECHIN; DIOSGENIN; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; TANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33644553475     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2006.33.41     Document Type: Article

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