Vasodilatory effects of ethanol extract of Radix Paeoniae Rubra and its mechanism of action in the rat aorta

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Jin, Song Nan ^a   Wen, Jin Fu ^a   Wang, Ting Ting ^a   Kang, Dae Gill ^b   Lee, Ho Sub ^b   Cho, Kyung Woo ^a  

^a TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Akt; eNOS; Guanosine 3 , 5 cyclic monophosphate (cGMP); Paeonia lactiflora Pall; Store operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE); Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CALCIUM; DILTIAZEM; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PAEONIA RADIX; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TETRYLAMMONIUM; THAPSIGARGIN; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM DEPLETION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ETHANOL; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PAEONIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PAEONIA VEITCHII; RATTUS;

EID: 84861985249     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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