Acute and chronic antihypertensive effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum stem bark methanol extract in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nyadjeu, Paulin ^a   Nguelefack Mbuyo, Elvine Pami ^b   Atsamo, Albert Donatien ^c   Nguelefack, Telesphore Benoît ^b   Dongmo, Alain Bertrand ^a   Kamanyi, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antihyperlipidemic; Antihypertensive; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; L NAME hypertensive rat; NO

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CHOLESTEROL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHANOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BARK; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; ISOLATED HEART; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; HEART; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84873025203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-27     Document Type: Article

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