Antihyperlipidemic and antihypertensive effect of a triterpenoid-rich extract from bamboo shavings and vasodilator effect of friedelin on phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction in thoracic aortas of rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1135-1141

  Jiao, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Lou, Dingding ^a   Wu, Xiaoqin ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antihyperlipidemia; Antihypertension; Extract of bamboo shavings; Friedelin; Triterpenoids; Vasodilator effect

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; FRIEDELIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRITERPENOID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAMBOO SHAVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KOLETSKY RAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POACEAE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRITERPENES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37849048532     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2223     Document Type: Article

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