Emblica officinalis exerts antihypertensive effect in a rat model of DOCA-salt-induced hypertension: Role of (p) eNOS, NO and Oxidative Stress

Cardiovascular Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-279

  Bhatia, Jagriti ^a   Tabassum, Fauzia ^b   Sharma, Ashok Kumar ^a   Bharti, Saurabh ^a   Golechha, Mahaveer ^a   Joshi, Sujata ^a   Akhatar, Md Sayeed ^c   Srivastava, Abhay Krishna ^a   Arya, Dharamvir Singh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

(p) eNOS; Cardiac hypertrophy; Emblica officinalis; Hypertension; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; RATS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS;

PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; RATTUS;

EID: 80054961170     PISSN: 15307905     EISSN: 15590259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12012-011-9122-2     Document Type: Article

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