Calcium supplementation is associated with endothelium dependent attenuation of vascular smooth muscle reactivity in normotensive pregnant and nonpregnant rats

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-96

  Ezimokhai, Mutairu ^a   Osman, Nawal ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Calcium; Diet; Normotensive rats; Pregnancy; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANGIOTENSIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031918598     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00367-1     Document Type: Article

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