The relaxation mechanisms of tetrandrine on the rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue in vitro

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-121

  Chen, Jun ^a,b   Liu, Jihong ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Xiao, Hengjun ^b   Yin, Chunping ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Chen, Xiaowen ^a   Ye, Zhangqun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Relaxation; Tetrandrine

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; TETRANDRINE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYBURIDE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITROARGININE; OXADIAZOLES; PENIS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUINOXALINES; RABBITS; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 59649105026     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410801886831     Document Type: Article

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