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- Title
Hachimi-jio-gan Extract Protects the Kidney from Hypertensive Injury in Dahl Salt-sensitive Rat.
- Authors
Hirawa, N.; Uehara, Y.; Kawabata, Y.; Numabe, A.; Takada, S.; Nagoshi, H.; Gomi, T.; Ikeda, T.; Omata, M.
- Abstract
We investigated whether the Chinese herbal remedy, Hachimi-jio-gan extract, attenuates the renal injury seen in salt-induced hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive (Dahl S) rats. Administration of this extract for 5 weeks dose-dependently decreased systolic blood pressure in Dahl S rats fed with a high-salt (2% NaCI) diet. This blood pressure reduction was associated with a decrease in cardiac mass and in thickness of the aortic wall. Urinary excretion of prostaglandin E2 was increased and glomerular filtration rate was improved with this treatment. Glomerulosclerosis and arterial injury in the kidney were morphologically improved. These data suggest that Hachimi-jio-gan extract exhibits an antihypertensive effect, which is associated with partial resolution of renal injury in salt-induced hypertension.
- Publication
American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1996, Vol 24, Issue 3/4, p241
- ISSN
0192-415X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0192415X9600030X