Endothelin-like Action of Pausinystalia yohimbe Aqueous Extract on Vascular and Renal Regional Hemodynamics in Sprague Dawley Rats

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 817-822

  Ajayi, A A ^a   Newaz, M ^a   Hercule, H ^a   Saleh, M ^a   Bode, C O ^b   Oyekan, A O ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

2 Adrenoceptors; Endothelin; Nitric oxide; Pausinystalia yohimbie; Renal medullary blood flow; Vasoconstriction; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

5 DIMETHYLAMINO N (3,4 DIMETHYL 5 ISOXAZOLYL) 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; APHRODISIAC AGENT; BQ 610; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FOOD ADDITIVE; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PAUSINYSTALIA YOHIMBE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAUSINYSTALIA YOHIMBE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DANSYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PAUSINYSTALIA; PIPERIDINES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RENAL CIRCULATION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 1642430604     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2003.25.10.793331     Document Type: Article

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