Mechanism of action of verbascoside on the isolated rat heart: Increases in level of prostacyclin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-255

  Pennacchio, M ^a   Syah, Y M ^b   Alexander, E ^a   Ghisalberti, E L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardioactivity; Langendorff heart; Prostacyclin; Verbascoside

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ACTEOSIDE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; INOTROPIC AGENT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; HEART; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032892883     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199905)13:3<254::AID-PTR430>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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