Endothelium-dependent vascular effects of pycnogenol

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-515

  Fitzpatrick, David F ^a   Bing, Bettye ^c   Rohdewald, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Horphag Research   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Nutritional supplement; Procyanidins; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ARGININE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CATECHIN; COLLAGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELASTIN; FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL; SEPHADEX LH 20; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; LEG EDEMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPINEPHRINE; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031691264     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199810000-00001     Document Type: Article

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