Modulation of vascular reactivity in normal, hypertensive and diabetic rat aortae by a non-antioxidant flavonoid

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Ajay, Machha ^a   Achike, Francis I ^b   Mustafa, Mohd Rais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aortae; Diabetes; Endothelium; Flavone; Flavonoids; Hypertension; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PYROGALLOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYPERTENSION; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NAD; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34147153777     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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