Mechanism of antiarrhythmic effect of the antimalarial artemisinin

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 569-572

  Zhou, Jin ^a   Du, Zhimin ^a   Qiu, Xiaohong ^a   Sun, Jianping ^a   He, Shuzhuang ^a   Yang, Baofeng ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Kir2.1; Potassium channel; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009343664     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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