Effects of the aqueous extract of Salvia Miltiorrhiza (Danshen) and its magnesium tanshinoate B-enriched form on blood pressure

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-774

  Leung, S W S ^a   Zhu, D Y ^b   Man, R Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chinese medicine; Danshen extract; Hypertension; Magnesium tanshinoate B

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM TANSHINOATE B; MTB 70; PHENYLEPHRINE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEART RATE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PHENANTHROLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

LAMIACEAE; RATTUS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 77952066947     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3047     Document Type: Article

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