Treatment with lindera strychnifolia reduces blood pressure by decreasing sympathetic nerve activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-568

  Shimomura, Masayuki ^a   Ushikoshi, Hiroaki ^b   Hattori, Arihiro ^b   Murata, Ichijiro ^b   Ohno, Yasushi ^b   Aoyama, Takuma ^b   Kawasaki, Masanori ^b   Nishigaki, Kazuhiko ^b   Takemura, Genzou ^b   Fujiwara, Takako ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^b   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^b  

^a KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Lindera strychnifolia; Noradrenaline; SHR

Indexed keywords

LINDERA STRYCHNIFOLIA EXTRACT; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; LINDERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; LINDERA; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953574955     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10008056     Document Type: Article

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