Vasorelaxant effects of aqueous leaf extract of tridax procumbens on aortic smooth muscle isolated from the rat

Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Salahdeen, Hussein M ^a   Murtala, Babatunde A ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aortic ring; Hypertension; Leaf aqueous extract; Tridax procumbens; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PLANT LEAF; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ASTERACEAE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84868654624     PISSN: 09168737     EISSN: 18848796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.48.37     Document Type: Article

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