Pycnogenol increases the probability of the contraction state in chick embryonic cardiomyocytes, indicating inotropic effects

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-182

  Hasegawa, Noboru ^a   Kinoshita, Hiromi ^a   Mochizuki, Miyako ^a  

^a GIFU WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

receptor; Cardiomyocytes; Chick embryo; Isoproterenol; Propranolol; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; INOTROPISM; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; HEART; ISOPROTERENOL; KINETICS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 33847032924     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2022     Document Type: Article

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