Hypertensive effects of oral administration of the aqueous extract of Solanum torvum fruits in l-NAME treated rats: Evidence from in vivo and in vitro studies

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 592-599

  Nguelefack, T B ^a   Mekhfi, H ^b   Dongmo, A B ^c   Dimo, T ^d   Watcho, P ^a   Zoheir, Johar ^e   Legssyer, A ^b   Kamanyi, A ^a   Ziyyat, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e Laboratoire d'Analyse Zoheir   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Arterial hypertension; l NAME; Solanum torvum; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CARBACHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PRAZOSIN; SODIUM; SOLANUM TORVUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FRUIT; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; RAT; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TORVUM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBACHOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SOLANUM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SOLANUM TORVUM;

EID: 67650663235     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.057     Document Type: Article

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