Anti-hypertensive herbs and their mechanisms of action: Part I

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Al Disi, Sara S ^a   Anwar, M Akhtar ^a   Eid, Ali H ^a,b  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Herbal medicine; Hypertension; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BIDENS PILOSA; BLACK CUMIN; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CELERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COPTIS CHINENSIS; CORIANDER; CRATAEGUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GARLIC; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PANAX; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

EID: 84962013278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00323     Document Type: Review

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