Hypotensive effect of aqueous saffron extract (Crocus sativus L.) and its constituents, safranal and crocin, in normotensive and hypertensive rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 990-994

  Imenshahidi, Mohsen ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^b   Javadpour, Yaser ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Crocin; Crocus sativus; Hypertension; Saffron; Safranal

Indexed keywords

CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; CYCLOHEXENES; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; FLOWERS; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERPENES;

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77954497958     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3044     Document Type: Article

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