Mechanisms underlying the relaxation caused by the sesquiterpene polygodial in vessels from rabbit and guinea-pig

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  André, Eunice ^a   Malheiros, Ângela ^a   Cechinel Filho, Valdir ^a   Yunes, Rosendo A ^a   Calixto, João B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aorta, rabbit; Guinea pig; Nitric oxide (NO); Polygodial; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary artery, rabbit; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; APAMIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETACIN; KT 5720; N BENZYL N2 [4 HYDROXY 1 [(1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)CARBONYL]PROLYL] N METHYL 3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINAMIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROSTACYCLIN; SAREDUTANT; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBITS; SESQUITERPENES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033461805     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00719-0     Document Type: Article

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