Medicinal Plants Used in the Management Hypertension
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چکیده
Blood pressure (BP) is controlled by several mechanism, (i.e nitric oxide, (NO), neural mechanisms, renal-endocrine mechanisms. Many antihypertensive agents, such as diuretics, β-blockers, calcium-channel blockers, and blockers of the renninangiotensin system, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers among others are used separately or in combination to treat this disease [3,4], but antihypertensive drugs have many side-effects as reduced renal function, dry cough, Angioedema among others [5], hence, the management of hypertension by herbal medicine is an alternative [6].
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