Possible mechanisms of vasorelaxation for 5,7-dimethoxyflavone from Kaempferia parviflora in the rat aorta

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1520-1525

  Tep Areenan, Patcharin ^a   Sawasdee, Pattara ^b   Randall, Michael ^c  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5,7 dimethoxyflavone; aorta; Ca2+ channels; endothelium; K+ channels; Kaempferia parviflora; vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 5,7 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BUFFER; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FLAVONE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; METHOXAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; RAT; RHIZOME; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; FLAVONOIDS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOME; VASODILATION; ZINGIBERACEAE;

KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649435662     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3164     Document Type: Article

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