Experiment 1220554

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeINTRAGASTRIC
OrganismCarthamus tinctorius (ASTERACEAE)
CitationWATANABE,Y: MANKU,MS: JENKINS,DK: MITCHELL,J: HORROBIN,DF:. (1988). THE EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH EVENING PRIMROSE OR SAFFLOWER OIL ON FATTY ACID AND PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE FROM PERFUSED MESENTERIC VASCULAR BEDS IN SPONTANEOUSLY HYPENTENSIVE RATS.. 8(5)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseSPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS WERE MADE ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENT BY BEING FED FOR 9 WEEKS HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL IN AN OTHERWISE FAT FREE DIET; FOR 48 HOURS THEY WERE FED GIVEN EXTRACT, AFTER WHICH THE SUPERIOR MESENTARY WAS ISOLATED. THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY PERFUSATE WAS ASSAYED FOR RELEASE OF ARACHIDONIC ACID. THE VALUES WERE INCREASED COMPARED TO CONTROLS FED HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL.
Dose amount10.0 % OF DIET
Number4
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractSEED OIL