Involvement of calcium in the cardiac depressant actions of a garlic dialysate

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Martin N ^a   Bardisa, L ^a   Pantoja, C ^a   Barra, E ^a   Demetrio, C ^a   Valenzuela, J ^a   Barrios, M ^a   Sepulveda M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calcium modulation; Garlic dialysate; Isolated atria

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; DILTIAZEM; NIFEDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GARLIC; HEART ATRIUM; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIALYSIS; DILTIAZEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GARLIC; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NIFEDIPINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0031022122     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01486-9     Document Type: Article

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