Effects of aqueous extract from Stephanolepis hispidus on blood pressure in the normal and in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats

• Main Authors: Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch (Author), Daniela Brum da Silva (Author), Andressa de Andrade (Author), Daniela Carrazzoni (Author), Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz (Author), Gianni Goulart Peraza (Author), Eliana Badiale Furlong (Author), Maria Cristina Flores Soares (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present study was aimed to investigating the antihypertensive effect of the aqueous extract from skin fish Stephanolepis hispidus in normotensive and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)-induced hypertension. The treatment of rats with L-NAME (60 mg/L, drinking water) caused a sustained inc...