[Retracted] Antihypertensive and Vasorelaxant Effects of Citrus aurantifolia Linn. Fruit: Proposed Mechanisms

Table 1

Acute hypotensive effect of the aqueous methanol extract of Citrus aurantifolia fruit.

Parameters	0.25 g/kg	0.50 g/kg	0.75 g/kg
SBP (mmHg)
0 h	124.13 ± 0.44	123.88 ± 0.55	123.63 ± 0.56
2 h	120.25 ± 0.59	113.63 ± 1.59	95.75 ± 1.61
4 h	123.75 ± 0.49	118.00 ± 1.49	103.8 ± 3.20
6 h	123.38 ± 0.53	122.63 ± 0.38	122.75 ± 0.49
DBP (mmHg)
0 h	92.68 ± 0.48	92.62 ± 0.39	93.54 ± 0.32
2 h	67.45 ± 3.79	67.69 ± 3.04	62.81 ± 1.61
4 h	79.13 ± 3.29	72.13 ± 1.95	74.25 ± 2.11
6 h	93.56 ± 0.23	93.96 ± 0.24	94.57 ± 0.30
MAP (mmHg)
0 h	103.16 ± 0.25	103.04 ± 0.25	103.56 ± 0.18
2 h	85.69 ± 2.72	79.75 ± 1.75	76.38 ± 0.89
4 h	94.00 ± 2.28	87.00 ± 1.16	84.13 ± 1.13
6 h	103.50 ± 0.16	103.58 ± 0.14	103.96 ± 0.22
HR (beats/min)
0 h	382.10 ± 0.50	382.66 ± 0.31	382.6 ± 0.45
2 h	381.75 ± 1.13	375.88 ± 1.44	368.3 ± 1.89
4 h	383.50 ± 1.18	374.50 ± 0.91	373.6 ± 0.98
6 h	382.06 ± 0.71	383.58 ± 0.14	381.3 ± 0.67

Values are presented in mean ± SEM. and in comparison to control (0 h).