Antihypertensive activity of aqueous-methanol extract of Berberis orthobotrys Bien Ex Aitch in rats

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 393-399

  Alamgeer, ^a   Akhtar, Muhamamd S ^a   Jabeen, Qaiser ^b   Akram, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Hafeez U ^a   Karim, Sabeha ^c   Malik, Muhammad N H ^a   Mushtaq, Muhammad N ^a   Salma, Umme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Berberis orthobotrys; Blood lipids; Egg feed diet

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BERBERIS ORTHOBOTRYS EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BERBERIS; BERBERIS ORTHOBOTRYS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84879317278     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v12i3.18     Document Type: Article

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