Effects of Brillantaisia nitens Lindau (Acanthaceae) methylene chloride/methanol leaf extract on rat arterial blood pressure and heart rate

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 495-510

  Bopda Mtopi, O S ^a   Dimo, Théophile ^a   Nguelefack, T B ^b   Dzeufiet Djomeni, D ^a   Rakotonirina, S V ^a   Kamtchouing, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Brillantaisia nitens; Heart rate; Hypotensive effect; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BRILLANTAISIA NITENS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ISOPRENALINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPRANOLOL; RESERPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRILLANTAISIA NITENS; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 34249669822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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