The effect of agmatine on the vascular reactivity in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Ozyazgan S ^a   Bicakci, B ^a   Ozaydin, A ^a   Denizbasi, A ^b   Unluer, E E ^b   Akkan, A G ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Diabetes; Streptozotocin; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGMATINE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0038206448     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-6618(03)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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