Vasorelaxing activity of Ulmus davidiana ethanol extracts in rats: Activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Cho, Eun Jung ^a   Park, Myoung Soo ^a   Kim, Sahng Seop ^a   Kang, Gun ^a   Choi, Sunga ^a   Lee, Yoo Rhan ^a   Chang, Seok Jong ^b   Lee, Kwon Ho ^c   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Park, Jin Bong ^a   Jeon, Byeong Hwa ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seonam University   (South Korea)

^c Joongbu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Ulmus davidiana var. japonica; Vasorelaxation; Ventricular contractility

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; ULMUS DAVIDIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELM; HEMODYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ULMUS DAVIDIANA; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84862929632     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2011.15.6.339     Document Type: Article

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