Hypotensive action of coumarin glycosides from Daucus carota
Document Type
Article
Department
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Abstract
Daucus carota (carrot) has been used in traditional medicine to treat hypertension. Activity-directed fractionation of aerial parts of D. carota resulted in the isolation of two cumarin glycosides coded as DC-2 and DC-3. Intravenous administration of these compounds caused a dose-dependent (1-10 mg/kg) fall in arterial blood pressure in normotensive anaesthetised rats. In the in vitro studies, both compounds caused a dose-dependent (10-200 microg/ml) inhibitory effect on spontaneously beating guinea pig atria as well as on the K+ -induced contractions of rabbit aorta at similar concentrations. These results indicate that DC-2 and DC-3 may be acting through blockade of calcium channels and this effect may be responsible for the blood pressure lowering effect of the compounds observed in the in vivo studies.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Phytomedicine
Recommended Citation
Gilani, A. H.,
Shaheen, E.,
Saeed, S. A.,
Bibi, S.,
Irfanullah, .,
Sadiq, M.,
Faizi, S.
(2000). Hypotensive action of coumarin glycosides from Daucus carota. Phytomedicine, 7(5), 423-426.
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