The mechanism of vasorelaxation induced by Schisandra chinensis extract in rat thoracic aorta

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Park, Ji Young ^a   Shin, Hwa Kyoung ^a   Lee, You Jin ^b   Choi, Young Whan ^b   Bae, Sun Sik ^a   Kim, Chi Dae ^a  

^a MRC for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Hexane extract; Myosin light chain; Nitric oxide; Schisandra chinensis; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; CALYCULIN A; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDOMETACIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FRUIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FRUIT; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHISANDRA; VASODILATION;

RATTUS; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS;

EID: 58049088474     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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