Evaluation of antihypertensive potential of Ficus carica fruit

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1047-1053

  Alamgeer, ^a   Iman, Shifa ^a   Asif, Hira ^a   Saleem, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Flavonoids content; HPLC; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CHROMOTROPIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SYRINGIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; FIG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FICUS; FRUIT; MALE; MOUSE; RABBIT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; FICUS; FRUIT; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 85014897454     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2017.1278611     Document Type: Article

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