Antihypertensive effect of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. extracts in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Luo, Li fang ^a,b   Wu, Wei hua ^a,c   Zhou, Ying jun ^a   Yan, Jin ^a   Yang, Guo ping ^a   Ouyang, Dong sheng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c HUAIHUA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Antihypertension; Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.; Eucommiaceae; Iridoids; Lignans; Vascular relaxation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CAPTOPRIL; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; IRIDOID; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; RENIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EUCOMMIACEAE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TU CHUNG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BARK; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUCOMMIACEAE; HYPERTENSION; IRIDOIDS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN; VASODILATION;

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; EUCOMMIACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77952890419     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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