title: Cardioactive agents from plants.
abstract: This review presents 201 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present cardioactive activity. These substances have been classified by chemical groups and each provides the most relevant information of its pharmacological activity, action mechanism, chemical structure, spectroscopic date and other properties. Chemical structures have been drawn to indicate the stereochemistry. In this review the summary of the scientific information of plants that present biological activity and the compounds responsible for this activity is presented, which introduces the reader to the study of medicinal plants and also provide bibliographic references, where a detailed study of pharmacology can be found.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias extractivas IPN, Punto Fijo 16, Col. Torres Lindavista C P 07708 Mexico, D.F.Mexico. rmpg@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Rosa Martha Pérez
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Efren Garcia
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Baez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts