Acciones de Casimiroa edulis (Rutacea) sobre la presión arterial media y frecuencia cardiaca en ratas albinas / Effects of Casimiroa edulis (Rutacea) on blood pressure and heart rate in albino rats
Rev. biol. trop
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42(1/2): 115-9, abr.-ago. 1994. graf
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Aqueous extracts of Casimiroa edulis leaves injected intravenously to 20 normal Sprague-Dawley rats produced a rapid and transitory increase in blood pressure. The amplitude of the blood pressure rise was dose dependent. The increase was statistically significant (p < or = 0.01) at a concentration of 220 mOsm/l, and was associated with a significant heart rate decrease (p < or = 0.01) probably secondary to barorreceptor stimuli. The application of 130 mOsm/l of the extract did not produce a significant increase in blood pressure, which was followed by a rapid pressure normalization. The slight increase in cardiac rate during the pressure lift was probably due to sympathetic stimuli
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Trees
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Arterial Pressure
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Heart Rate
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Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
1994
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