Synephrine, a component of Evodiae fructus, constricts isolated rat aorta via adrenergic and serotonergic receptors

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Hibino, Tomoko ^a   Yuzurihara, Mitsutoshi ^a   Kase, Yoshio ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^b  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evodiae Fructus; Synephrine

Indexed keywords

3 [4 (3 CHLOROPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PROPANOL; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EVODIA FRUIT; KETANSERIN; OXEDRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; SB 216641; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVODIA; FRUIT; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SYNEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 70349512515     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.09077FP     Document Type: Article

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