Involvement of nitric oxide in the mediation of the hypotensive action of the essential oil of Mentha x villosa in normotensive conscious rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 694-699

  Lahlou, Saad ^a   Caldas Magalhães, Pedro Jorge ^b   Carneiro Leão, Ricardo Ferreira Lima ^a   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular effects; Conscious rat; Essential oil; Isolated thoracic aorta; Labiatae; Mentha x villosa; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; ATROPINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; MENTHA X VILLOSA ESSENTIAL OIL; METHYLATROPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART RATE; IC 50; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA; MENTHA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0036675948     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33797     Document Type: Article

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