In vitro pharmacological actions of sinomenine on the smooth muscle and the endothelial cell activity in rat aorta

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1203-1206

  Nishida, Seiichiro ^a   Satoh, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca channel; Endothelium; Rat aorta; Sinomenine; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NICARDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; SINOMENINE; STAUROSPORINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MORPHINANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33746425260     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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