Herbal medicine Catuama induces endothelium-dependent and -independent vasorelaxant action on isolated vessels from rats, guinea-pigs and rabbits

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-38

  Calixto, João B ^a   Cabrini, Daniela A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catuama; guinea pig mesenteric artery; guinea pig pulmonary artery; herbal medicine; nitric oxide; Paullinea cupana; Ptychopetalum olacoides; rabbit mesenteric artery; rabbit pulmonary artery; rat aorta; relaxation; Trichilia catigua; Zinziber officinalis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; APAMIN; CATUAMA; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NORADRENALIN; PAULLINEA CUPANA EXTRACT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPRANOLOL; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES EXTRACT; TRICHILIA CATIGUA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINZIBER OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HERBAL MEDICINE; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CATUAMA;

EID: 0031018821     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199702)11:1<32::AID-PTR33>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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