Vasorelaxing action of rutaecarpine: Effects of rutaecarpine on calcium channel activities in vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1237-1244

  Wang, Guei Jane ^a   Wu, Xi Chen ^c   Chen, Chieh Fu ^a   Lin, Lie Chwen ^a   Huang, Yi Tsau ^b   Shan, Jie ^c   Pang, Peter K T ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CYCLIC GMP; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROQUINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; RUTAECARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYDROQUINONES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROARGININE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033035404     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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