In vitro relaxant and negative inotropic effects of hibiscus acid on the rat trachea and heart atria

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-NPR-015
• By: ZHEOAT, Ahmed (University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences)
• Co-author(s): Ahmed Mohammed Zheoat
  Valerie Ferro
  Robert Drummond
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  We have recently isolated hibiscus acid as one of the constituents of Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae). Previously, we have shown that this substance has vasorelaxant activity comparable to that of its diastereomer, garcinia acid

  Methods

  In vitro

  Results

  A concentration-dependent relaxation was produced upon cumulative addition of either
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