Vasorelaxant and antihypertensive effects of methanolic extracts from Hymenocardia acida Tul

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 623-631

  Manga, Francine Nsuadi ^a,b   El Khattabi, Charaf ^a   Fontaine, Jeanine ^a   Berkenboom, Guy ^a   Duez, Pierre ^a   Noyon, Caroline ^a   Van Antwerpen, Pierre ^a   Nzunzu, José Lami ^b   Pochet, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Aorta; DPPH; Hymenocardia acida; Procyanidins; Systolic blood pressure; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; PROSTANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRACTIONATION; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; CYCLIC GMP; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METHANOL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA; RATTUS;

EID: 84875211736     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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