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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Antihypertensive effect of an aqueous extract of the calyx of Hibiscus sabdariffa
Fitoterapia, Volume 78, No. 4, Year 2007
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The present study was designed to investigate the efficacy of an aqueous calyx extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa (HS) in two forms of experimental hypertension: salt-induced and l-NAME (Nω-l-arginine methyl ester)-induced and in normotensive controls. The blood pressure and heart rate fell dose-dependently in both the hypertensive and normotensive rats after intravenous injection of 1-125 mg/kg of HS, suggesting that HS possesses anti-hypertensive, hypotensive and negative chronotropic effects. The fall in mean arterial pressure was significantly pronounced in the hypertensive rats (salt-induced: 94.4 ± 8.6 mm Hg; l-NAME-induced: 136.5 ±10.3 mm Hg) than in the normotensive controls (50.2 ± 5.1 mm Hg; P < 0.05). © 2007.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mojiminiyi, F. B.O.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Dikko, M.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Muhammad, Bala Yauri
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Ojobor, P. D.
Nigeria, Lagos
University of Lagos
Ajagbonna, O. P.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Okolo, Raymond Ugochukwu
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Igbokwe, U. V.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Mojiminiyi, U. E.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Fagbemi, M. A.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Bello, Shaibu Oricha
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Anga, T. J.
Nigeria, Sokoto
Usmanu Danfodiyo University
Statistics
Citations: 88
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.011
ISSN:
0367326X
Research Areas
Noncommunicable Diseases