k-strophanthin-beta and Heart-Diseases

Pharmacological and metabolic effects of Galleria mellonella larvae extract used in Russian folk medicine to treat cardiovascular and senile diseases were studied. It was shown that the extract possesses adaptogenic, cardiotropic, cardioprotective, and hypocoagulant properties. The extract possesses low toxicity and does not cause significant changes in biochemical parameters in the blood serum of laboratory animals. Increase in catecholamine content in the heart and aortic tissues and their decrease in adrenal glands are unfavourable effects of high doses of the extract.

Topics: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Anura; Blood Coagulation; Epinephrine; Glycogen; Heart; Heart Diseases; In Vitro Techniques; Kidney Function Tests; Moths; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myocardium; Norepinephrine; Organ Size; Physical Endurance; Rats; Strophanthins; Tissue Extracts

Topics: Antihypertensive Agents; Furosemide; Heart Diseases; Humans; Hypertension; Nitroglycerin; Strophanthins; Venous Pressure

Topics: Aged; Cardiomyopathies; Disease; Heart Diseases; Humans; Myocardium; para-Aminobenzoates; Sclerosis; Strophanthins

Topics: Cardiotonic Agents; Diuretics; Enzyme Inhibitors; Heart Diseases; Hypnotics and Sedatives; para-Aminobenzoates; Strophanthins

Topics: Cardiotonic Agents; Glycoside Hydrolases; Heart Diseases; Humans; Strophanthins

Topics: Heart; Heart Diseases; Humans; Myocardium; Strophanthins