Effects of Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medicine, on the calcium transients of isolated cardiomyocytes: Cardiotoxicity due to more than Na, K-ATPase blocking

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 699-709

  Bick, Roger J ^a   Poindexter, Brian J ^a   Sweney, Roxanne R ^a   Dasgupta, Amitava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufadienolides; Calcium; Cardiomyocytes; Chan Su

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUFALIN; CALCIUM; CARDIAC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; NIFEDIPINE; OUABAIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHAN SU; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME;

AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BUFANOLIDES; CALCIUM; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; NIFEDIPINE; OUABAIN; RATS;

STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 0037184709     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02302-0     Document Type: Article

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