Vascular effects and antioxidant activity of two Combretum species from Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Nsuadi Manga, Francine ^a,c   El Khattabi, Charaf ^a   Fontaine, Jeanine ^a   Berkenboom, Guy ^b   Duez, Pierre ^a   Lami Nzunzu, José ^c   Pochet, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Combretum celastroides subsp. laxiflorum; Combretum racemosum; DPPH; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; COMBRETUM CELASTROIDES LAXIFLORUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM RACEMOSUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETACIN; METHANOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTANOID; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM CELASTROIDES LAXIFLORUM; COMBRETUM RACEMOSUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; COMBRETUM; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

CITRUS LEPROSIS VIRUS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84861960739     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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