Studies of the cellular mechanisms underlying the vasorelaxant effects of rutaecarpine, a bioactive component extracted from an herbal drug

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 490-498

  Chiou, Wen Fei ^a   Shum, Andrew Yau Chik ^b   Liao, Jyh Fei ^b   Chen, Chieh Fu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aluminum fluoride; Extracellular Ca2+; Nitric oxide; Pertussis toxin; Rutaecarpine; U73122

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC ACID 8 (DIETHYLAMINO)OCTYL ESTER; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIMYCIN; ENDOTHELIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; RUTAECARPINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ESTRENES; GALLIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HISTAMINE; IONOPHORES; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 0030996061     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199704000-00010     Document Type: Article

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