Cardiovascular Protective Effect of Garcinia dulcis Flower Acetone Extract in 2-Kidney-1-Clip Hypertensive Rats

Figure 6

Tracing examples of arterial blood pressure (red line) and heart rate (blue line) from direct measurement in either anesthetized sham operation (SO, (a, b)) or 2-kidney-1-clip (2K1C, (c, d)) rat in response to 8 mg/kg BW of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS, (e) data were conversed to positive values) after oral administration of 50 mg/kg BW Garcinia dulcis (GD) flower extract daily for 4 weeks. Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. The green arrow indicates a tachycardia response.

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