Positive inotropic effect of purified green tea catechin derivative in guinea pig hearts: The measurements of cellular Ca2+ and nitric oxide release

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 552, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Hotta, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Huang, Lei ^a,c   Muto, Tatsuya ^a   Yajima, Michio ^a   Miyazeki, Kunihiro ^a   Ishikawa, Naohisa ^a   Fukuzawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Wakida, Yasushi ^a   Tushima, Hiromi ^b   Ando, Hiroaki ^b   Nonogaki, Tunemasa ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Green tea catechin; Guinea pig right atria; Intracellular Ca2+; Langendorff hearts; NO release; Pimobendan; Positive inotropic effect

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SENSITIZER; CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PIMOBENDAN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; EPIMERIZATION; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GUINEA PIG; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CATECHIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERFUSION; PYRIDAZINES; RABBITS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 33750435595     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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