Involvement of nitric oxide, which was synthesized by constitutive nitric oxide synthase, and prostaglandin on diarrhea induced by castor oil in rats

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Uchida, Masayuki ^a   Matsueda, Kei ^b   Kato, Yumi ^a   Shoda, Ryousuke ^b   Yamato, Shigeru ^b   Muraoka, Akira ^b  

^a Meiji Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castor oil; Diarrhea; Nitric oxide; Prostaglandin; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CASTOR OIL; DEXAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0030873095     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.110.77     Document Type: Article

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