Effects of Allium sativum (Garlic) on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 859-863

  Ashraf, Rizwan ^a   Khan, Rafeeq Alam ^b   Ashraf, Imran ^c   Qureshi, Absar A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Diastolic blood pressure; Garlic; Hypertension; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; PLACEBO; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SYSTOLE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892585435     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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