Hypotensive effect of Gentiana floribunda is mediated through Ca++ antagonism pathway

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Arif ullah ^a,b   Mustafa, Mohamad R ^a   Khan, Asif U ^c   Murugan, Dharmani D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; FLAVONOID; GENTIANA FLORIBUNDA EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GENTIAN; GENTIANA FLORIBUNDA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENTIANA; HYPERTENSION; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 84864808063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-121     Document Type: Article

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