LU Wei, LAN Yi, LI Lin-lin, et al. Effect of Alcohol Extract from on Blood Pressure and Contents of ET, AngⅡ, CGRP in Spontaneous Hypertension Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2014, 20(5): 149-153.
LU Wei, LAN Yi, LI Lin-lin, et al. Effect of Alcohol Extract from on Blood Pressure and Contents of ET, AngⅡ, CGRP in Spontaneous Hypertension Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2014, 20(5): 149-153. DOI: 10.11653/syfj2014050149.
Objective: To observe the effects of the alcohol extract from Coreopsis tinctoria on blood pressure
the content of plasma endothelin (ET)
angiotension Ⅱ (AngⅡ) and calcitonin gene-related peptide(CGRP) in spontaneous hypertension rats (SHR). Method: The spontaneous hypertension rats (SHR) were randomly divided into six groups
untreated control
high
middle
low dosage group of the alcohol extract from C. tinctoria(3.2
1.6
0.8 g·kg-1)
captopril group(4 mg·kg-1) and du zhong tablet group(187.5 mg·kg-1). Tail blood pressure were measured every week.After 4 weeks
the contents of plasma ET
AngⅡ and CGRP were detected by radioimmunity method respectively. The left ventricular weight index (LVWI) and cardiac index were monitored too. Result: Compared with model group
the blood pressure of all groups significantly lowered after 4 weeks (P<0.01).The LVWI of all groups was decreased
while the high dosage group and captopril group showed significant difference (P<0.01).The contents of ET and AngⅡ were decreased greatly (P<0.01) in the high
middle dosage group and captopril group
while the contents of plasma CGRP were increased in all group
but showed no significant difference. Conclusion: The alcohol extract from C. tinctoria could significantly reduce blood pressure and improve myocardial hypertrophy in SHR
which might be related to inhibiting RAS and improving the endothelial function.