Allicin in garlic protects against coronary endothelial dysfunction and right heart hypertrophy in pulmonary hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Xiaowei ^a   Ku, David D ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium dependent relaxation; Heart failure; Monocrotaline; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLICIN; MONOCROTALINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GARLIC; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GARLIC; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MONOCROTALINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFINIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33751171316     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00384.2006     Document Type: Article

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