Male Wistar rats aged 10 months were assigned to groups according to the initial level of systolic BP: hypertensive (systolic BP >115 mm Hg) and normotensive (systolic BP <115 mm Hg). The animals were injected intraperitoneally with 100 μg/kg taxifolin daily for 7 days. Systolic BP and HR were measured on the next day after single taxifolin administration and on the next day after 7-day injection course. In the group of hypertensive animals, systolic BP markedly decreased on the next day after the first injection; this decrease became even more pronounced (to the level of normotensive animals) at the end of the taxifolin course. In the group of normotensive animals, systolic BP remained unchanged. Hence, we demonstrate the possibility of course administration of taxifolin for BP normalization in hypertensive patients.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 174, No. 7, pp. 37-40, July, 2022
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Tukhovskaya, E.A., Slashcheva, G.A., Shaykhutdinova, E.R. et al. Taxifolin Reduces Blood Pressure in Elderly Hypertensive Male Wistar Rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 174, 29–32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-022-05642-9
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