Antihypertensive effects of Ocimum gratissimum extract: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in vitro and in vivo investigation
This study aimed to examine whether Ocimum gratissimum (OG) has the Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity in vitro and in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). OG water extract exhibited an in vitro ACE-inhibition activity, with the 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) value being...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617302803 |