Linalyl acetate as a major ingredient of lavender essential oil relaxes the rabbit vascular smooth muscle through dephosphorylation of myosin light chain

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 850-856

  Koto, Ruriko ^a   Imamura, Masatoshi ^a   Watanabe, Chie ^a   Obayashi, Satoshi ^a   Shiraishi, Mitsuya ^b   Sasaki, Yasuharu ^b   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linalyl acetate; MLC phosphatase; Myosin light chain; Relaxation; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

1 (5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL)HEXAHYDRO 1H 1,4 DIAZEPINE; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; CALYCULIN A; ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; LINALYL ACETATE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HYPERTENSION; LAVENDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; RABBIT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; OILS, VOLATILE; OXAZOLES; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT OILS; RABBITS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33747777068     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000238589.00365.42     Document Type: Article

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