Antihypertensive effect of an aqueous extract of the calyx of Hibiscus sabdariffa

Fitoterapia

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Mojiminiyi, F B O ^a   Dikko, M ^a   Muhammad, B Y ^a   Ojobor, P D ^b   Ajagbonna, O P ^a   Okolo, R U ^a   Igbokwe, U V ^a   Mojiminiyi, U E ^a   Fagbemi, M A ^a   Bello, S O ^a   Anga, T J ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive effect; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART RATE; HIBISCUS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; HEART RATE; HIBISCUS; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248661566     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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