Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) normalizes hypertension in 2K, 1C hypertensive rats: Role of antioxidant mechanisms, ACE inhibiting activity and improvement of endothelial dysfunction

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 641-647

  Mansour, Suzan M ^a   Bahgat, Ashraf K ^a   El Khatib, Aiman S ^a   Khayyal, Mohamed T ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Antioxidants; Aortic rings; EGb 761; Ginkgo biloba; Nitric oxide; Renal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIOXIDANT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KAEMPFEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; QUERCETIN; THIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GINKGO BILOBA; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 79958151317     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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