Long-term ingestion of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx extract enhances myocardial capillarization in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-569

  Inuwa, Ibrahim ^a   Ali, Badreldin H ^a   Al Lawati, Intisar ^a   Beegam, Sumaya ^a   Ziada, Amal ^b   Blunden, Gerald ^c  

^a Department of Human Anatomy ^*  (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Blood pressure; Heart; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Rats

Indexed keywords

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; ANTHOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PERFUSION; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIAL CAPILLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HEART RATE; MUSCLE CELL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FLOWERS; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HIBISCUS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; RATTUS;

EID: 84862010432     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2012.011357     Document Type: Article

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