Effect of Ginkgo bilob Extract (EGb 761) on the Vasospastic Response of Mouse Cutaneous Arterioles to Platelet Activation

International Journal of Microcirculation-Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Stucker O ^a   Drieu, K ^b   D'Arbigny P ^b  

^a CEROM   (France)

^b IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous arterioles; Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761) extract; Hypothermia; Mouse; Platelet activation; Raynaudandrsquo s phenomenon; Thromboxane; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPASTICITY; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULARIZATION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLLAGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDES, SYNTHETIC; SKIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0031089718     PISSN: 01676865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179208     Document Type: Article

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