Protective effects of isorhynchophylline on cardiac arrhythmias in rats and guinea pigs

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1477-1481

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

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; calcium channel; isorhynchophylline; Rubiaceae; Uncaria rhynchophylla

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE; OUABAIN; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUINEA PIG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OUABAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UNCARIA;

CARANGIDAE; CAVIA; RATTUS; RUBIACEAE; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA;

EID: 80052392037     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270742     Document Type: Article

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