Enhanced vasocontraction of rat tail arteries by toxoflavin

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Wang, Zunzhe ^a,b   Ma, Meisheng ^b   Wang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Contraction; Oxygen derived free radicals; Phenylephrine; Toxoflavin; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RAT; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030033074     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15189.x     Document Type: Article

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