Effect of Yucca schidigera extract on blood pressure, antioxidant activity and some blood parameters in the L-name-induced hypertensive rats

Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Öztaşan, Nuray ^a   Bülbül, Aziz ^a   Eryavuz, Abdullah ^a   Avci, Gülcan ^a   Küçükkurt, Ismail ^a   Fidan, A Fatih ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Glucose; Nitric oxide; Vitamin A; Yucca schidigera extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749090477     PISSN: 13000861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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