Antihypertensive effect of an extract of Passiflora edulis rind in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 718-721

  Ichimura, Toshiaki ^a   Yamanaka, Akiko ^a   Ichiba, Toshio ^b   Toyokawa, Tetsuya ^b   Kamada, Yasuhiro ^b   Tamamura, Takako ^b   Maruyama, Susumu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Luteolin; Passiflora edulis; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GLUCOSE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL;

Γ-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LUTEOLIN; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

PHENOLS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARK; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PASSION FRUIT; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HYPERTENSION; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 33645214937     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.718     Document Type: Article

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