scholarly journals Effects of benidipine hydrochloride (Coniel) on blood pressure, heart rate and plasma norepinephrine concentration in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

1999 ◽  
Vol 113 (5) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira KARASAWA ◽  
Hiroko NOMURA ◽  
Masaaki NITO ◽  
Rie SONODA ◽  
Hideyuki TANAKA ◽  
...  
1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. H97-H101 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sen ◽  
R. C. Tarazi

Studies of regression of myocardial hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) suggest that the adrenergic system may play an important role in the reversal of hypertrophy. The effect of propranolol on reversal of hypertrophy, however, is still controversial. This study describes the effect of propranolol, given alone or in combination with hydralazine in different ratios for 4 wk, on blood pressure (BP), ventricular weight, and myocardial catecholamine (MC) concentrations. The data show that a certain ratio of propranolol to hydralazine (750:30) leads to moderate BP control (196-156 mmHg) without increased MC (634 vs. 552 ng/g) and moderately reduced hypertrophy. Reduction of BP alone with increased MC (hydralazine alone) or reduction of MC without BP control (propranolol alone) failed to reduce hypertrophy. A significant correlation between both ventricular weight and heart rate with MC (r = 0.6) was obtained by multiple regression analysis. This study suggests that adrenergic factors seem to play an important role in modulating structural cardiac response to variations in arterial pressure.


2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 421-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuen-Chau Chang ◽  
Jing-Shiang Hwang ◽  
Chang-Chuan Chan ◽  
Peng-Yau Wang ◽  
Tsuey-Hwa Hu ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S158
Author(s):  
Brian F. Renna ◽  
Scott M. MacDonnell ◽  
Leigh Ann Hewston ◽  
Patricia O. Reger ◽  
Joseph R. Libonati

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (16) ◽  
pp. 3758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Marcolongo ◽  
Alessandra Gamberucci ◽  
Gabriella Tamasi ◽  
Alessio Pardini ◽  
Claudia Bonechi ◽  
...  

Blood pressure control in hypertensive subjects calls for changes in lifestyle, especially diet. Tomato is widely consumed and rich in healthy components (i.e., carotenoids, vitamins and polyphenols). The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antihypertensive effects of locular gel reconstituted in serum of green tomatoes of “Camone” variety. Tomato serum and locular gel were chemically characterised. The antihypertensive effects of the locular gel in serum, pure tomatine, and captopril, administered by oral gavage, were investigated for 4 weeks in male spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats. Systolic blood pressure and heart rate were monitored using the tail cuff method. Body and heart weight, serum glucose, triglycerides and inflammatory cytokines, aorta thickness and liver metabolising activity were also assessed. Locular gel and serum showed good tomatine and polyphenols content. Significant reductions in blood pressure and heart rate, as well as in inflammatory blood cytokines and aorta thickness, were observed in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated both with locular gel in serum and captopril. No significant effects were observed in normotensive rats. Green tomatoes locular gel and serum, usually discarded during tomato industrial processing, are rich in bioactive compounds (i.e., chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid and rutin, as well as the glycoalkaloids, α-tomatine and dehydrotomatine) that can lower in vivo blood pressure towards healthier values, as observed in spontaneously hypertensive rats.


1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. H1200-H1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-Zheng Shan ◽  
Sheng-Ming Dai ◽  
Ding-Feng Su

The purpose of this study was to further illustrate the relationship between baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS) and hypertensive end-organ damage (EOD) and to test the hypothesis that impairment of BRS aggravates EOD in hypertension. We studied baroreflex-mediated changes in heart rate [expressed as baroreceptor sensitivity to heart rate control (BRSHR)] and blood pressure [expressed as baroreceptor sensitivity to blood pressure control (BRSBP)] in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) that were used as controls, both at the age of 50–52 wk. Rats were also instrumented to record BP, HR, and BP variability (BPV) in the conscious, unrestrained state. In SHR compared with WKY, BP and BPV were significantly increased, whereas BRSHR and BRSBP were significantly decreased. SHR had remarkable EOD when compared with WKY (EOD score: 6.3 ± 2.5 vs. 2.9 ± 0.8, P < 0.01). Univariate regressive analysis demonstrated that EOD score was increased with BP and BPV and decreased with BRS. In multivariate analysis, EOD score was predicted by greater systolic BP and lower BRS and HR variability. These results indicate that BRS is negatively related to BPV and EOD score, and impaired BRS might be one of the major causes for hypertensive EOD.


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