Resumen

ROJAS, Juan, RONCEROS, Sergio, PALOMINO, Robert et al. Efecto coadyuvante del extracto liofilizado de Passiflora edulis (maracuyá) en la reducción de la presión arterial en pacientes tratados con enalapril. An. Fac. med., jun. 2009, vol.70, no.2, p.103-108. ISSN 1025-5583.

Objectives: To determine the adjunctive antihypertensive effect and safety of passion fruit juice in patients with hypertension treated with enalapril. Design: prospective pilot clinical trial, phase II, randomized, double blind, parallel group, controlled, dose finding and evaluation of the product. Setiing: Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, UNMSM, Dos de Mayo Hospital in Lima, Hospital Belen de Trujillo and Moche and Laredo Health Centers in Trujillo city. Participants: Patients with arterial hypertension. Interventions: Patients were randomly assigned to four groups, each receiving enalapril 10 mg / day; the first group also received placebo and the other, 2, 3 and 4 groups, 500 mg capsules of freeze-dried passion fruit juice / day, respectively. Main outcome measures: Reduction in blood pressure. Results: Groups receiving enalapril and passion fruit had better reduction in blood pressure compared with the group receiving enalapril plus placebo. The group treated with enalapril plus 4 capsules of freeze-dried passion fruit juice / day had a reduction in systolic blood pressure of 6,73 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 5,33 mmHg (p<0,05) compared with the enalapril group more placebo. No adverse effects were observed. Conclusions: P. edulis juice fruit was effective adjuvant to enalapril in reducing blood pressure in patients with stage 1 hypertension, with proved safety.

Palabras llave: Passiflora; blood pressure; hypertension.