Hypoglycaemic and hypotensive effects of Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh ex CF Krauss (Anacardiaceae) stem-bark aqueous extract in rats

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Ojewole, John Ao ^a  

^a University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HARPEPHYLLUM CAFFRUM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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