Artemisia afra and hypertension
- Pharmacy & Pharmacology International Journal
-
Pierre Lutgen
Abstract
Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra have shown a high efficacy in many in vivo and in vitro trials against tropical diseases. The plants also have a hypotensive effect. This paper proposes several hypotheses to explain this property.
Keywords
hypertension, scopoletin, Artemisia afra, nitric oxide, potassium, blood pressure, malaria