Dual effects of quercetin on contraction in cardiac and skeletal muscle preparations

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-138

  Apisariyakul, A ^a   Chaichana, N ^c   Takemura, H ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; INOTROPISM; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART ATRIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; QUERCETIN; RATS;

EID: 0033507351     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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