Cardiovascular effect of Artemisia herba alba aqueous extract in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Zeggwagh, N A ^a   Farid, O ^a   Michel, J B ^b   Eddouks, Mohamed ^a,c  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NONE   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Artemisia herba alba aqueous extract; Blood pressure; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA EXTRACT; CHLORIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ELECTROLYTE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHLORIDE URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FREEZE DRYING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 52649159657     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2008.30.5.1186081     Document Type: Article

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