Isosteviol acts on potassium channels to relax isolated aortic strips of Wistar rat

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2379-2387

  Wong, Kar Lok ^a,b   Chan, Paul ^a   Yang, Hung Yu ^a   Hsu, Feng Lin ^a   Liu, I Min ^c   Cheng, Yu Wan ^d   Cheng, Juei Tang ^d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic rings; Isosteviol; Potassium channel blockers; Stevia rebaudiana

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ISOSTEVIOL; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, KAURANE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 1442348378     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.09.065     Document Type: Article

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