Effects of simvastatin on activities of endogenous antioxidant enzymes and angiotensin-converting enzyme in rat myocardium with pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-128

  Luo, Jian Dong ^a   Zhang, Wei Wen ^a   Zhang, Gui Ping ^a   Zhong, Bei Hua ^a   Ou, Hui Jian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Antioxidants; Cardiomegaly; Peptidyl dipeptidase A; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SIMVASTATIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HEART; LIGATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; CATALASE; CONSTRICTION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEART; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIMVASTATIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036165659     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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