Epigallocatechin gallate elicits contractions of the isolated aorta of the aged spontaneously hypertensive rat

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Li, Zhuoming ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Vanhoutte, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID; PROSTANOID RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ISOMETRICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79958839643     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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