Methanol extract of Terminalia superba induces endothelium-independent relaxation of rat thoracic aorta

Pharmazie

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-473

  Dimo, Theophile ^a   Laurent, F ^b   Rakotonirina, S V ^a   Tan, P V ^a   Kamtchouing, P ^a   Dongo, E ^a   Cros, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TERMINALIA SUPERBA EXTRACT; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; TERMINALIA; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AORTA, THORACIC; CAMEROON; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; METHANOL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PEPTIDES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; TERMINALIA;

EID: 33646559963     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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