Comparative study of the antihypertensive activity of Marrubium vulgare and of the dihydropyridine calcium antagonist amlodipine in spontaneously hypertensive rat

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 465-474

  El Bardai, Sanae ^a   Lyoussi, Badiaa ^a   Wibo, Maurice ^b   Morel, Nicole ^b  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Endothelium; Hypertrophy; Marrubium vulgare; SHR; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MARRUBIUM VULGARE EXTRACT; N(G) NITROARGININE; NORADRENALIN BITARTRATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

AMLODIPINE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARRUBIUM; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 7444242007     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-200031818     Document Type: Article

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