Clotrimazole is a potent vasodilator of the rat coronary microcirculation

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-10

  Tofukuji, Motohisa ^a   Metais, Caroline ^a   Wang, Steven Y ^a   Alper, Seth L ^a   Sellke, Frank W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Ca2+ activated K+ channels; Imidazole

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 17 OCTADECYNOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; FLUTRIMAZOLE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UR 4055; UR 4057; UR 4058; UR 4059; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031904022     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1998.5320     Document Type: Article

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