Involvement of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in the endotheliumindependent vasorelaxation induced by Curcuma longa L. in isolated rat superior mesenteric arteries

Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Adaramoye, Oluwatosin A ^a   Medeiros, Isac A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Curcuma longa L; Mesenteric artery; Na+ Ca2+ exchanger; Nickel chloride

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ENZYME INHIBITOR; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; OUABAIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CURCUMA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; NICKEL; OUABAIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 58149526948     PISSN: 09168737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.44.151     Document Type: Article

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