Antihypertensive activity of the aqueous extract of Retama raetam forssk. Leaves in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-77

  Eddouks, M ^a   Maghrani, M ^b   Louedec, L ^c   Haloui, M ^c   Michel, J B ^c  

^a Faculty of Sciences and Techniques ^*  (Morocco)

^b MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Diuretic; Glomerular filtration rate; Retama raetam; SHR; Systolic blood pressure; WKY

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRBESARTAN; POTASSIUM; RETAMA RAETAM EXTRACT; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; LEGUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETAMA RAETAM; SODIUM EXCRETION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIURESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENISTA; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 38549135474     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v07n02_05     Document Type: Article

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