[Effect of the extract from Peristrophe roxburghiana on hemorheology in rats].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of extract from Peristrophe roxburghiana (EPR) on the hemorheology and thrombosis in rats.


METHODS
To study the hemorheology by adrenaline and ice-water stimulant and to observe thrombosis by the carotid and jugular bypath.


RESULTS
EPR could effectively decrease many hemorheologic parameters in hypostasis rats and reduce the wet weight of thrombosis.


CONCLUSIONS
EPR can improve the hemorheological parameters and inhibit the formation of thrombosis.
Yang
Wenzhong
W
Pharmacy College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
Gu
Feng
F
Lü
Junhua
J
Yang
Meiling
M
D027901:Acanthaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D018056:Hemorheology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010789:Phototherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005340:Fibrinogen