Antihypertensive Effect of Radix Paeoniae Alba in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats and Excessive Alcohol Intake and High Fat Diet Induced Hypertensive Rats

Table 1

Effect of Radix Paeoniae Alba extract on the body weight of rats.

Group	Parameter	Initial weight (g)	Final weight (g)	Weight gain (g)
SD normal ( = 7)		245.50 ± 15.69	423.00 ± 26.05	178.38 ± 26.05
ACHFD rats ()	control	246.10 ± 19.47	427.00 ± 12.18	181.75 ± 19.59
	cap	237.40 ± 8.06	426.00 ± 23.71	189.43 ± 21.02
	PH	243.90 ± 13.98	420.67 ± 38.50	175.78 ± 38.32
	PL	244.30 ± 9.57	417.00 ± 28.52	170.78 ± 33.40
WKY normal ( = 8)		328.00 ± 24.54	343.13 ± 23.50	15.13 ± 28.80
SHR control ( = 8)		335.88 ± 23.13	333.25 ± 16.20	−2.63 ± 20.58
SHR cap ( = 8)		329.25 ± 24.50	349.25 ± 32.88	20.00 ± 14.73
SHR PH ( = 8)		332.38 ± 24.85	342.50 ± 27.32	10.13 ± 30.65
SHR PL ( = 8)		342.63 ± 27.24	353.50 ± 29.17	10.88 ± 20.41

ACHFD: Alcohol in conjunction with a high fat diet; cap: captopril; PH: RPA extract high dose group (75 mg/kg); PL: RPA extract low dose group (25 mg/kg).