Inhibitory effect of 1,8-cineole on guinea-pig airway challenged with ovalbumin involves a preferential action on electromechanical coupling

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1120-1126

  Bastos, Vasco P ^a,b   Brito, Teresinha S ^a   Lima, Francisco J ^a   Pinho, João P ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^b   Abreu Matos, Francisco J ^a   Santos, Armênio A ^a   Caldas Magalhães, Pedro J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eucalyptol; Guinea pig trachea; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; CINEOLE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OVALBUMIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; ISOMETRICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OVALBUMIN; TRACHEA; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 70449491817     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05189.x     Document Type: Article

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