Antihypertensive, antioxidant, antidyslipidemic and endothelial modulating activities of a polyherbal formulation (POL-10)

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Aziz, Nauman ^a,b   Mehmood, Malik Hassan ^a,b   Mandukhal, Safur Rehman ^a   Bashir, Samra ^a   Raoof, Sidra ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antidyslipidemic; Antihypertensive; Antioxidant; Endothelial dysfunction; Polyherbal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIA ROTUNDA EXTRACT; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CINNAMOMUM OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; ORCHISA MASCULA EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; TERMINALIA BELERICA EXTRACT; TYLOXAPOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA ROTUNDA; ARTICLE; BARK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM OFFICINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FLOWER; FRUIT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS MASCULA; PIPER LONGUM; PIPERACEAE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIET; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 57149087849     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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