Hypotensive and diuretic activities of aqueous-ethanol extract of Asphodelus tenuifolius

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 830-837

  Aslam, Naveed ^a   Janbaz, Khalid Hussain ^a   Jabeen, Qaiser ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; ASPHODELUS TENUIFOLIUS EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FUROSEMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASPHODELUS TENUIFOLIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 84989836523     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v11i4.27131     Document Type: Article

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