L-carnitine and propionyl-L-carnitine improve endothelial dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats: Different participation of NO and COX-products

Life Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2082-2097

  Bueno, Rosario ^a   Alvarez De Sotomayor, Maria ^a   Perez Guerrero, Concepción ^a   Gomez Amores, Lucia ^a   Vazquez, Carmen M ^a   Herrera, M Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Endothelium; L carnitine; Nitric oxide; Propionyl L carnitine; Prostacyclin; SHR

Indexed keywords

6 [2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 4 (2 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1,3 DIOXAN 5 YL] 4 HEXENOIC ACID; CARBACHOL; CARNITINE; CATALASE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPIONYLCARNITINE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RO 68070; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THROMBOXANE A2; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPOPROSTENOL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; THROMBOXANE A2; VASODILATION;

EID: 23744493081     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.01.035     Document Type: Article

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