Vasorelaxant effects of eugenol on rat thoracic aorta

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Damiani, Carlos Estevam Nolf ^a,b   Rossoni, Luciana Venturini ^a   Vassallo, Dalton Valentim ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Sch Med S Casa Misericordia V   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Eugenol; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Phenylephrine; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EUGENOL; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUGENOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037245644     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1537-1891(02)00311-7     Document Type: Article

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