Ginger attenuates acetylcholine-induced contraction and Ca2+ signalling in murine airway smooth muscle cells

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 264-271

  Ghayur, Muhammad N ^a   Gilani, Anwar H ^b   Janssen, Luke J ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ handling; Confocal microscopy; Contraction; Ginger; Mouse airways; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; GINGER EXTRACT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGER; LUNG SLICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GINGER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 43949110559     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y08-030     Document Type: Article

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