Alkyl ether analogs of phosphatidylcholine are orally active in hypertensive rabbits

Hypertension

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 107-111

  Eric Muirhead, E ^a   Byers, Lawrence W ^a   Desiderio, Dominic ^a   Smith, Keith A ^a   Prewitt, Russell L ^a   Brooks, Bennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl ethers; Antihypertensive action; Phosphatidylcholine; Platelet factor; Rabbit; Renal medulla; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ALKYL ETHER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE ALKYL ESTER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0019827781     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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