Cardiovascular effects of Leonotis leonurus extracts in normotensive rats and in isolated perfused rat heart

dc.contributor.advisor	Dietrich, Danielle
dc.contributor.advisor	Green, Ivan
dc.contributor.advisor	Burger, Andreas
dc.contributor.author	Obikeze, Kenechukwu
dc.contributor.other	School of Pharmacy
dc.contributor.other	Faculty of Science
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-19T07:39:18Z
dc.date.available	2007/03/30 11:16
dc.date.available	2007/03/30
dc.date.available	2013-06-19T07:39:18Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1484
dc.description	Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharm	en_US
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.subject	Cardiovascular pharmacology	en_US
dc.subject	Cardiovascular agents	en_US
dc.subject	Leonotis leonurus	en_US
dc.subject	Physiological aspects	en_US
dc.subject	Rats as laboratory animals	en_US
dc.title	Cardiovascular effects of Leonotis leonurus extracts in normotensive rats and in isolated perfused rat heart	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.rights.holder	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.description.country	South Africa