Antihypertensive effects of extract from Picrasma quassiodes (D. Don) Benn. in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-192

  Zhao, Wenna ^a   Yu, Jingjie ^b   Su, Qi ^a   Liang, Jinru ^a   Zhao, Lina ^a   Zhang, Yongmin ^c   Sun, Wenji ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Picrasma quassiodes; Superoxide dismutase; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PICRASMA QUASSIODES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PICRASMA; PICRASMA QUASSIODES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPTOPRIL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRASMA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

PICRASMA; RATTUS;

EID: 84871302602     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.049     Document Type: Article

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