Antihypertensive, antidyslipidemic and endothelial modulating activities of Orchis mascula

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 997-1003

  Aziz, Nauman ^a,b   Mehmood, Malik Hassan ^a,b   Siddiqi, Hasan Salman ^a,b   Mandukhail, Saf Ur Rehman ^a,c   Sadiq, Fatima ^a   Maan, Wajiha ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKALOID; CALCIUM; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORCHIS MASCULA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN; TERPENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORCHIS MASCULA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 71049123470     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.148     Document Type: Article

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