Cardioprotective effect of hydroalcoholic extract stem bark of <i>Xeroderris stuhlmannii</i> on cadmium chloride-induced hypertension and its possible vasorelaxant mechanism on isolated aortic rats

BACKGROUND: is a medicinal plant, widely used in Cameroonian folk medicine to treat hypertension. OBJECTIVE: in hypertensive rats and to explore the vasorelaxant mechanisms of its hydroalcoholic extract and to determine the compounds responsible of the activities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: were assessed using various antagonists. RESULTS: -free solution. CONCLUSION: in the treatment of hypertension. This effect may be due in part to the plant's vasorelaxant activity and the presence of compounds such as phenol in plant extracts.