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Ajmaloon a Unique Herbal Polypharmaceutical Possessing Both Hypotensive and Cadmium Lowering Property

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Pharmacological Aspects of Heart Disease

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 68))

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The role of Cardiovascular diseases, in mortality statistics has long been firmly established. However, after improvement of treatment for essential hypertension the mortality due to cardiac & renal failure has decreased which were once the major causes for death due to hypertension. Although the principal causes of mortality are cerebral & myocardial infarction due to associated atherosclerosis (1). Epidemiological studies show essential hypertension is most commonly prevalent among the age group of 40–60 yrs in both sexes.

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Arora, R.B., Bhatia, B., Khan, S.U., Roy, S., Ansari, N.I., Tamanna, S.A. (1987). Ajmaloon a Unique Herbal Polypharmaceutical Possessing Both Hypotensive and Cadmium Lowering Property. In: Beamish, R.E., Panagia, V., Dhalla, N.S. (eds) Pharmacological Aspects of Heart Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 68. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2057-9_12

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