Eucommia ulmoides (Tochu) and its extract geniposidic acid reduced blood pressure and improved renal hemodynamics

Introduction: Eucommia ulmoides leaves are used as Tochu tea, which has a blood pressure lowering effect of unknown mechanism. Purpose and Methods: The effects of Tochu tea and its component, geniposidic acid, on blood pressure and renal hemodynamics were investigated in Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rat...

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Main Authors: Akira Ishimitsu, Akihiro Tojo, Hiroshi Satonaka, Toshihiko Ishimitsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221006831