Efficacy of piperine, an alkaloidal constituent of pepper on nitric oxide, antioxi-dants and lipid peroxidation markers in L-NAME induced hypertensive rats

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-307

  Kumar, S ^a   Saravana Kumar, M ^a   Raja, B ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Hypertension; N Nitro L arginine methyl ester; Piperine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRITE; PIPERINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAT; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

EID: 77955684290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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