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Antihypertensive action of a procyanidin glycoside from Rhamnus lycioides
M C Terencio1, M J Sanz, M Paya
1Departamento de Farmacología y Farmacotecnia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de València, Spain.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The antihypertensive action of a procyanidin glycoside isolated from Rhamnus lycioides aerial parts was studied in spontaneously and renal hypertensive rats. This compound, like 20 micrograms/kg i.v. of captopril, produced a very clear in vivo inhibition of angiotensin I converting enzyme when given at a dose of 3 mg/kg i.v.