Antihypertensive effect of a standardized aqueous extract of Cecropia glaziovii Sneth in rats: An in vivo approach to the hypotensive mechanism

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 314-320

  Lima Landman, M T R ^a   Borges, A C R ^a   Cysneiros, R M ^a   De Lima, T C M ^b   Souccar, C ^a   Lapa, A J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive activity; Cecropia glaziovii; Medicinal plants; Phytomedicine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; BUTANOL; CALCIUM; CECROPIA GLAZIOVII EXTRACT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URTICACEAE;

CECROPIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34247523208     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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