The herbal medicines Saireito and Boiogito improve the hypertension of pre-eclamptic rats induced by Nω-Nitro-l-arginine methyl ester

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Takei, Hisato ^a   Nakai, Yoichiro ^a   Hattori, Naoko ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a   Takeda, Shuichi ^a   Yamamoto, Masako ^b   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boiogito; Hypertension; N Nitro l arginine methyl ester; Pregnancy; Saireito

Indexed keywords

BOIOGITO; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; SAIREI TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547443957     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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