Hypotensive mechanism of the extracts and artemetin isolated from Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae) in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 819-825

  De Souza, Priscila ^a   Gasparotto Jr , Arquimedes ^a   Crestani, Sandra ^a   Stefanello, Maria Élida Alves ^a   Marques, Maria Consuelo Andrade ^a   Silva Santos, José Eduardo Da ^b   Kassuya, Cândida Aparecida Leite ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Artemetin; Hypertension; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARTEMETIN; BRADYKININ; BUTANOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ACHILLEA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; FLAVONOIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; OILS, VOLATILE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 79959980419     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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