Effect of Ozagrel, a Selective Thromboxane A2-Synthetase Inhibitor, on Cerebral Infarction in Rats: Comparative study with norphenazone, a free-radical scavenger

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 688-694

  Imamura, Takahiro ^a   Kiguchi, Sumiyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Kumi ^a   Ichikawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Kojima, Masami ^a  

^a KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAS 82571 53 7; CAS 89 25 8; Infarction, cerebral, lacunar, neurologic deficits; Norphenazone, effect on cerebral infarction, rat; Ozagrel, effect on cerebral infarction, rat

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NORPHENAZONE; OZAGREL; SCAVENGER; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MICROTHROMBUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0242288884     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299813     Document Type: Article

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