Comparison of the hypotensive and bradycardic activity of ginkgo, garlic, and onion extracts

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-99

  Brankovic, Suzana ^a   Radenkovic, Mirjana ^a   Kitic, Dusanka ^a   Veljkovic, Slavimir ^a   Ivetic, Vesna ^b   Pavlovic, Dragana ^a   Miladinovic, Bojana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

allium cepa; Allium sativum; arterial blood pressure; Ginkgo biloba; heart rate; rat

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ONIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79952957139     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2010.531833     Document Type: Article

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