Cardiovascular properties of aqueous extract from <i>tapinanthus dodoneifolius</i> DC danser
Journal Title: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines - Year 2005, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Aqueous extracts of [i]Tapinanthus dodoneifolius[/i] DC Danser. (Loranthaceae) (AETD) were investigated for cardiovascular activities on isolated rat aorta and heart. AETD did not affect heart rate but significantly enhanced heart contraction force and relaxation capacity. AETD (0.001-1mg/ml) elicited a dose-dependent relaxation on arteries which was previously contracted with phenylephrine [10[sup]-6[/sup]M] (rat aorta). AETD induces relaxation in endothelium dependent manner. When Indomethacin failed to inhibit AETD vasodilatory activity, in the presence of L-NAME, the vasodilatory activity of AETD was completely abolished. These results suggest a cardiotropic activity without any tachycardia as a side effect for AETD. However, AETD elicited vasodilatory activity which involved NO from endothelium.
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Sylvin Ouédraogo, Aristide Traoré, N. Somé, M. Lompo, Pierre Guissou, Christa Schott, Bernard Bucher, Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina
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