Open AccessEffects of methanol in blood pressure and heart rate in the rat
Author(s) -
Kausar Jahan,
Danish Mahmood,
Mohammad Fahim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.148747
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , heart rate , diastole , serial dilution , formic acid , ingestion , anesthesia , cardiology , chemistry , chromatography , pathology , alternative medicine
Methanol ingestion is an uncommon form of poisoning that can cause severe metabolic disturbances, blindness, permanent neurologic dysfunction and death. While methanol itself may be harmless, it converts, in vivo, to highly toxic formic acid. Methanol intoxication clinically manifests as ocular toxicity. The present study investigated the cardiovascular effects of methanol.