Hypotensive and vasorelaxant effects of the procyanidin fraction from Guazuma ulmifolia bark in normotensive and hypertensive rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-68

  Magos, Gil Alfonso ^a   Mateos, Juan Carlos ^b   Páez, Elna ^a   Fernández, Gabriela ^a   Lobato, Carlos ^b   Márquez, Carmen ^b   Enríquez, Raúl Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Guazuma ulmifolia; Procyanidins; Rat aorta; Sterculiaceae; Vasorelaxant

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PROCYANIDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HEART RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIFLAVONOIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHIN; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; STERCULIACEAE; VASODILATION;

GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; MALVACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 40949101703     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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