Inhibition of the endothelium-dependent relaxation by 18β- glycyrrhetinic acid in the guinea-pig aorta

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-274

  Fukuta, Hiroyasu ^a   Koshita, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshimichi ^a   Suzuki, Hikaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; EDHF; EDRF; Endothelium dependent relaxation; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AORTA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032835021     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.49.267     Document Type: Article

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