Comparison of the effect of simvastatin, spironolactone and L-arginine on endothelial function of aorta in hereditary hypertriglyceridemic rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Török, Jozef ^a   L'uptak I ^b   Matuskova J ^b   Pechanova O ^a   Zicha, J ^c   Kunes J ^c   Simko F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Contraction; L arginine; Relaxation; Simvastatin; Spironolactone; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ARGININE; ENOS PROTEIN, RAT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SIMVASTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIMVASTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 38549179477     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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