Mountain celery extract may prevent hypertension

ISFAHAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences reported possible effect of mountain celery extract on prevention of hypertension. Hadi Gholamzadeh, the major researcher told Mehr News local correspondent that they studied the effect of mountain celery extract on hypertension; “we found that the extract reduced the hypertension; it also reduced the circulatory H2O2 and dexamethasone-induced weight loss in all prescribed doses,” said the researcher. “However, we found no improvement in the level of FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching),” he assertd. Gholamzadeh added that the antioxidant and anti-hypertension properties of hydroalcoholic of mountain celery was suggested on dexamethasone-induced hypertension; he noted however that further studies should be conducted to find the exact mechanism of the effect of the herbal extract. “Hydroalcoholic extract of mountain celery caused hypertension which was a mechanism dependent on doses administered; to induce hypertension, we injected dexamethasone subcutaneously for 14 days to experimental group; the control group received oral doses of mountain celery hyudroalcoholic extract 4 days before dexamethasone injection,” Gholamzadeh detailed, “with experimental group receiving the same doses in days 8th to 14th.” “Dexamethasone significantly increased systolic blood pressure and plasma H2O2 and decreased thymus and body weight, and FRAP levels; oral administration of mountain celery hydroalcoholic extract decreased hypertension in experimental and control groups,” he added. Mountain celery, or Angelica Sinensis, is a fragrant perennial herb, the root of which is analgesic, sedative, and an immune stimulant; it has been used for abscesses and sores, anaemia, arrhythmias, cancer, dysmenorrhoea, headaches, loss of appetite, menstrual dysfunction, PMS, post-traumatic and post-surgical pain, and blurred vision.