Cynanchum wilfordii ameliorates hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in rats fed with high fat/cholesterol diets

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-11

  Choi, Deok Ho ^a   Lee, Yun Jung ^a,b   Kim, Jin Sook ^c   Kang, Dae Gill ^a,b   Lee, Ho Sub ^a,b  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cynanchum wilfordii; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; NO cGMP; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYNANCHUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE B; THEOBROMA OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BUTTER; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM WILFORDII; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HYPERTENSION; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CYCLIC GMP; CYNANCHUM; DIETARY FATS; DRUG SYNERGISM; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUNICA INTIMA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84055199498     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.569889     Document Type: Article

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