Cardioactive and vasoactive effects of natural wild honey against cardiac malperformance induced by hyperadrenergic activity

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Rakha, Miran K ^a,b   Nabil, Zohour I ^a   Hussein, Aida A ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac malperformance; Hyperadrenergic activity; Natural wild honey; Nitric oxide; Protective efficacy; Therapeutic potency; Total antioxidant capacity; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; NATURAL WILD HONEY; POLLEN EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HONEY; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CATALASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; GLUTATHIONE; HEART DISEASES; HONEY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

RATTUS;

EID: 41349104146     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.172     Document Type: Article

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