Croton schiedeanus Schltd prevents experimental hypertension in rats induced by nitric oxide deficit

• Main Authors: María Teresa Páez (Author), Diana Catalina Rodríguez (Author), Daniel Fernando López (Author), Jorge Arturo Castañeda (Author), Diana Marcela Buitrago (Author), Luis Enrique Cuca (Author), Mario Francisco Guerrero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Croton schiedeanus Schltd (N.V.: "almizclillo") is a plant used in traditional medicine as an antihypertensive in Colombia. It contains flavonoid, diterpenoid and fenilbutanoid metabolites that have vasodilatation effects linked to the NO/cGMP pathway. This work aimed to assess the capacit...