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| Title |
Anti-Hypertensive Herbs and Their Mechanisms of Action: Part II
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Pharmacology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphar.2016.00050 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Akhtar Anwar, Sara S. Al Disi, Ali H. Eid |
| Abstract |
Traditional medicine has a history extending back to thousands of years, and during the intervening time, man has identified the healing properties of a very broad range of plants. Globally, the use of herbal therapies to treat and manage cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise. This is the second part of our comprehensive review where we discuss the mechanisms of plants and herbs used for the treatment and management of high blood pressure. Similar to the first part, PubMed and ScienceDirect databases were utilized, and the following keywords and phrases were used as inclusion criteria: hypertension, high blood pressure, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, endothelial cells, nitric oxide (NO), vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation, hydrogen sulfide, nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB), oxidative stress, and epigenetics/epigenomics. Each of the aforementioned keywords was co-joined with plant or herb in question, and where possible with its constituent molecule(s). This part deals in particular with plants that are used, albeit less frequently, for the treatment and management of hypertension. We then discuss the interplay between herbs/prescription drugs and herbs/epigenetics in the context of this disease. The review then concludes with a recommendation for more rigorous, well-developed clinical trials to concretely determine the beneficial impact of herbs and plants on hypertension and a disease-free living. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 36% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 57% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 36% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 264 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 262 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 9% |
| Researcher | 23 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 60 | 23% |
| Unknown | 69 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 49 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 45 | 17% |
| Unknown | 82 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 77. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2024.
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