Vasorelaxation induced by the essential oil of Croton nepetaefolius and its constituents in rat aorta are partially mediated by the endothelium

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Magalhães, Pedro Jorge Caldas ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^b   Jucá, Davi Matthews ^a   Coelho De Souza, Lívia Noronha ^a   Da Frota, Pedro Thiago Tibúrcio ^a   Da Costa, Adriana Maria Gurgel ^a   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Croton nepetaefolius; Essential oil; Isolated aorta; Nitric oxide; Rat; Vascular mesenteric bed

Indexed keywords

CROTON OIL; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLEUGENOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TERPINEOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON NEPETAEFOLIUS; DRUG INHIBITION; ENDOTHELIUM; IC 50; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CYCLOHEXENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EUGENOL; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 40849097786     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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