Study on the vasodilatory activity of lotus leaf extract and its representative substance nuciferine on thoracic aorta in rats

• Main Authors: Hao Deng (Author), Qian Xu (Author), Xiao-Tong Sang (Author), Xing Huang (Author), Li-Li Jin (Author), Fen-Er Chen (Author), Qing-Kun Shen (Author), Zhe-Shan Quan (Author), Li-Hua Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaves are widely used for both edible and medicinal applications. For its further utilization, we studied the vasodilatory activity of lotus leaf extract for the first time. In this study, we obtained the extracts using different ratios of water and ethanol, which was follo...