Cardiovascular effects of Leonotis leonurus extracts in normotensive rats and in isolated perfused rat heart
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Date
2004
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This thesis discussed the cardiovascular effects of the aqueous leaf extract and a fraction of the methanol extract of Leonotis leonurus, a plant commonly used in traditional medicine in South Africa for the treatment of hypertension and other cardiac problems. The cardiovascular effects was tested on anaesthetized normotensive male Wistar rats and isolated perfused rat hearts.
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Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharm
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Cardiovascular pharmacology, Cardiovascular agents, Leonotis leonurus, Physiological aspects, Rats as laboratory animals