Effects of mistletoe (Viscum Album L., Loranthaceae) extracts on arterial blood pressure in rats treated with atropine sulfate and hexocycline

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Radenkovic, Mirjana ^a   Ivetic, Vesna ^b   Popovic, Mira ^b   Brankovic, Suzana ^a   Gvozdenovic, Ljiljana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Atropine sulfate; Hexocycline; Mistletoe; Rat; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; ETHER; HEXOCYCLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOTENSION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 60549098089     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641960802409820     Document Type: Article

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