Aqueous-methanolic extract of sweet flag (Acorus calamus) possesses cardiac depressant and endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated coronary vasodilator effects

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-126

  Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a,b   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Cardio suppressant; Coronary dilator; EDHF; K +channels

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBOGEN; HEXANE; METHACHOLINE; METHANOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROADIFEN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; WATER;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETATES; ACORUS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CATTLE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART; HEART RATE; HEXANES; MALE; METHANOL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERFUSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RABBITS; RHIZOME; SOLVENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; WATER;

EID: 84856213409     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-011-0561-7     Document Type: Article

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