2-Arachidonoylglycerol, a candidate of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 415, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 233-238

  Kagota, Satomi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yu ^a   Nakamura, Kazuki ^a   Sugiura, Takayuki ^b   Waku, Keizo ^b   Kunitomo, Masaru ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Arachidonoylglycerol; Cannabinoid; EDHF (endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor)

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (4 MORHOLINYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N MORPHOLINO 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANANDAMIDE; CALCIMYCIN; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GLYCERIDES; IONOPHORES; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035896268     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)00833-0     Document Type: Article

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