Echinacoside elicits endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat aortic rings via an NO-cGMP pathway

Planta Medica

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1400-1404

  He, Wen Jun ^a,b   Fang, Tai Hui ^b   Ma, Xu ^a   Zhang , Ke ^a   Ma, Zhi Zhong ^a   Tu, Peng Fei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Echinacoside; Endothelium dependent; No; Thoracic aorta; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ATROPINE; CYCLIC GMP; ECHINACOSIDE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATROPINE; CISTANCHE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCOSIDES; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

CISTANCHE TUBULOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 70449433501     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185745     Document Type: Article

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