Green tea catechins evoke a phasic contraction in rat aorta via H2O2-mediated multiple-signalling pathways

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Shen, Jian Zhong ^a   Zheng, Xiu Feng ^a   Wei, Er Qing ^a   Kwan, Chiu Yin ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catechins; Hydrogen peroxide; Rat aorta; Reactive oxygen species; Tea polyphenols; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 2 [3 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PROPOXY]ETHYL] 1H IMIDAZOLE; 2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CATALASE; CATECHIN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DANTROLENE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; MANNITOL; MEFENAMIC ACID; METHYSERGIDE; NIFEDIPINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYPHENOL; PROCAINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRANDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATECHIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEA;

EID: 0037280434     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03796.x     Document Type: Article

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