Isosteviol as a potassium channel opener to lower intracellular calcium concentrations in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-112

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

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A7r5 cells; ATP sensitive potassium channel; Compositae; Intracellular calcium concentrations; Isosteviol; Small conductance calcium activated potassium channel; Stevia rebaudiana; Voltage gated channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DYE; FURA 2; GLIBENCLAMIDE; ISOSTEVIOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; STEVIA;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 1542284229     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815485     Document Type: Article

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