Arbutus unedo prevents cardiovascular and morphological alterations in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats. Part I: Cardiovascular and renal hemodynamic effects of Arbutus unedo in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Afkir, Saida ^a   Nguelefack, Telesphore Benoit ^b   Aziz, Mohamed ^a   Zoheir, Johar ^c   Cuisinaud, Guy ^d   Bnouham, Mohamed ^a   Mekhfi, Hassane ^a   Legssyer, Abdelkhaleq ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^e   Ziyyat, Abderrahim ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c Laboratoire d'Analyse Zoheir   (Morocco)

^d Faculte de Pharmacie   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo; Enalapril; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; NG Nitro l arginine methyl ester; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; ARGININE; ENALAPRIL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERICACEAE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT; SODIUM EXCRETION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; ERICACEAE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ARBUTUS; ARBUTUS UNEDO; RATTUS;

EID: 39149101775     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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