Dietrich, DanielleGreen, IvanBurger, AndreasObikeze, KenechukwuSchool of PharmacyFaculty of Science2013-06-192024-05-152007/03/302007/03/302013-06-192024-05-152004https://hdl.handle.net/10566/15185Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharmThis 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.enCardiovascular pharmacologyCardiovascular agentsLeonotis leonurusPhysiological aspectsRats as laboratory animalsCardiovascular effects of Leonotis leonurus extracts in normotensive rats and in isolated perfused rat heartThesisUniversity of the Western Cape