Endothelium protectant and contractile effects of the antivaricose principle escin in rat aorta

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-73

  Carrasco, Omar F ^a   Vidrio, Horacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aesculus hippocastanum; Calcium influx; Endothelial dysfunction; Escin; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CAPTOPRIL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; ESCIN; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTANOID; PYROGALLOL; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SCLEROSING AGENT; SOLVENT; SUPEROXIDE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESCIN; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; VARICOSE VEINS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34249329866     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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