Endothelium-independent relaxation and contraction of rat aorta induced by ethyl acetate extract from leaves of Morus alba (L.)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-446

  Xia, Manli ^a,b   Qian, Lingbo ^a   Zhou, Xinmei ^b   Gao, Qin ^a   Bruce, Iain C ^a   Xia, Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aorta; Ca2+ channel; Contraction; Extract from leaves of Morus alba (L.); Relaxation; Ryanodine receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MULBERRY EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; MALE; MULBERRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DIASTOLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MORUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

MORUS ALBA; RATTUS;

EID: 56349170251     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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