Effect of vitamin E on vascular responses of thoracic aorta in rat experimental arthritis

General Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Çinar, Mehtap G ^a   Can, Cenk ^a   Ülker, Sibel ^a   Gök, Şule ^b   Coker ^a   Soykan, Necdet ^a   Koşay, Sezen ^a   Evinç, Akgün ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Vascular endothelium; Vascular smooth muscle; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; COPPER; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032126571     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00387-X     Document Type: Article

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