Garlic prevents hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in rats.

Fallon, M B; Abrams, G A; Abdel-Razek, T T; Dai, J; Chen, S J; Chen, Y F; Luo, B; Oparil, S; Ku, D D

Fallon, M B; Abrams, G A; Abdel-Razek, T T; Dai, J; Chen, S J; Chen, Y F; Luo, B; Oparil, S; Ku, D D.

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Fallon MB; Liver Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA.

Am J Physiol ; 275(2): L283-7, 1998 08.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9700088

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Garlic/therapeutic use; Hypertension, Pulmonary/prevention & control; Hypoxia; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts/pharmacology; Plants, Medicinal; Pulmonary Artery/physiology; Acetylcholine/pharmacology; Animals; Blood Pressure; Endothelium, Vascular/physiology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction/drug effects; Muscle Contraction/physiology; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/pharmacology; Phenylephrine/pharmacology; Pulmonary Alveoli/physiology; Pulmonary Alveoli/physiopathology; Pulmonary Artery/drug effects; Pulmonary Artery/physiopathology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Vasoconstriction

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Complementary Medicines: Homeopatia Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Plantas_medicinales Main subject: Plants, Medicinal / Pulmonary Artery / Plant Extracts / Garlic / Hypertension, Pulmonary / Phytotherapy / Hypoxia / Muscle, Smooth, Vascular Language: En Journal: Am J Physiol Year: 1998 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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