Table 3 Effect of M. bijugatus (Mb; 100 mg/kg) on body weight, heart weight ratio and kidney weight ratio in normotensive rats and hypertensive-induced models with l-NAME or DOCA-salt.

From: Hypotensive and antihypertensive effects of an aqueous extract from Guinep fruit (Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq) in rats

 

Normotensive

Hypertensive models

Control

Mb

l-NAME

l-NAME + Mb

DOCA

DOCA + Mb

Body weight change (g)

18 ± 14

5.0 ± 5

50.0 ± 29

36 ± 25

40 ± 17

5 ± 0

Heart weight ratio (mg)

3.20 ± 0.23

2.70 ± 0.47

3.45 ± 0.32

3.36 ± 0.40

3.26 ± 0.25

3.46 ± 0.08

Kidney weight ratio (mg)

3.52 ± 0.17

3.72 ± 0.44

3.56 ± 0.30

3.22 ± 0.19

3.75 ± 0.15

4.01 ± 0.14

  1. Values are mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) of 4 experiments.
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