Effects of anethole and structural analogues on the contractility of rat isolated aorta: Involvement of voltage-dependent Ca2+-channels

Life Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1085-1093

  Soares, Pedro Marcos G ^a   Lima, Ricardo F ^a   de Freitas Pires, Alana ^a   Souza, Emmanuel P ^a   Assreuy, Ana Maria S ^a   Criddle, David N ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anethole; Aorta; Ca2+ channels; Contraction; Eugenol; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANETHOLE; DILTIAZEM; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; AORTA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DILTIAZEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVORING AGENTS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONUS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDANTS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34548675181     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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