Anti-hypertension effects of traditional Chinese medicine ju-ling-tang on renal hypertensive rats

Am J Chin Med. 2005;33(6):913-21. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X05003545.

Abstract

This research investigated the anti-hypertension effect of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ju-ling-tang (JLT) on an animal model of hypertension induced by unilateral renal artery ligation. In the study of anti-hypertension effects, 60 minutes after oral administration with NG tube feeding of 240 mg/kg JLT, a significant decrease in blood pressure (p < 0.05) was observed and sustained till 120 minutes. In the group given 50 mg/kg alpha-methyldopa orally, the effect was obvious 90 minutes after medication (p < 0.01), and lasted until 240 minutes. In terms of organ pathology, a significant reduction in the extent of induced glomerular sclerosis was observed in rats given 240 mg/kg JLT compared with the control. From these results, we infer that JLT has a beneficial anti-hypertensive effect on renal hypertension.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antihypertensive Agents / pharmacology
  • Biopsy
  • Coronary Vessels / drug effects
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Renal / drug therapy*
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Male
  • Methyldopa / pharmacology
  • Nifedipine / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Methyldopa
  • Nifedipine