Oxymatrine, the main alkaloid component of Sophora roots, protects heart against arrhythmias in rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-230

  Runtao, Gan ^a   Guo, Dong ^a   Jiangbo, Yu ^a   Xu, Wang ^a   Shusen, Yang ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; calcium channel; oxymatrine; sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; OXYMATRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SOPHORA;

ACONITINE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; QUINOLIZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOPHORA;

RATTUS; SOPHORA;

EID: 79551683815     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250256     Document Type: Article

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