Cardiovascular effects of Persea americana Mill (Lauraceae) (avocado) aqueous leaf extract in experimental animals

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Ojewole, Jao ^a   Kamadyaapa, D R ^a   Gondwe, M M ^a   Moodley, K ^a   Musabayane, C T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PERSEA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PERSEA AMERICANA MILL EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHRONOTROPISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; DATA ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT; AFRICA; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; COMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MAMMAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTHESIS; THORACIC AORTA; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PERSEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED DAHL; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

EID: 34347269569     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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