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Pharmacological study of Cymbopogon citratus leaves
D Carbajal1, A Casaco, L Arruzazabala
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Center for Scientific Research, Havana, Cuba.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
Cymbopogon citratus leaves are employed by the Cuban population as an antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory folk medicine. A 10% or 20% decoction of leaves was tested using arterial pressure in rats, urine production and carrageenan-induced edema in rats. The decoction showed some dose-related hypotensive effects given intravenously and some weak diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect when given orally.