The use of piper sarmentosum leaves aqueous extract (kadukmy™) as antihypertensive agent in spontaneous hypertensive rats

• Main Authors: Mohd Zainudin, Maizura, Zakaria, Zaiton, Megat Mohd Nordin, Nor Anita
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/42713/1/PIPER_BMC_ARTICLE.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42713/7/42713_the_use_of_piper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42713/10/42713_The%20use%20of%20piper%20sarmentosum%20leaves%20aqueous_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42713/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/15/54.
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Background: The National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2011 estimated that 35.1% (5.7 million) of Malaysian adults aged 18 and older suffer from hypertension. Hypertension is still treated by conventional medicine despite its exact aetiology being unknown. Studies showed that oxidative stress and...