Assessment of the Mitogenic Potential of the Alkaloids Produced by Endophyte (Acremonium coenophialum)-Infected Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) on Bovine Vascular Smooth Muscle in Vitro

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1664-1671

  Strickland, J R ^a,b   Bailey, E M ^a   Abney, L K ^a   Oliver, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Bovine; Fescue; MTT; Vascular Smooth Muscle

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ERGOTISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ERGOTISM; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POACEAE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030183572     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471664x     Document Type: Article

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