Cajaninstilbene Acid Relaxes Rat Renal Arteries: Roles of Ca2+ Antagonism and Protein Kinase C-Dependent Mechanism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Dong Mei ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Cheang, Wai San ^b   Lau, Chi Wai ^b   Lin, Shun Ming ^a   Zhang, Qian Lan ^a   Yao, Nan ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Wu, Xin ^a   Huang, Yu ^b   Ye, Wen Cai ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CAJANINSTILBENE ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; FULVESTRANT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MYOSIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHORBOL MYRISTATE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO KINASE; SERINE; SEROTONIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEONPEA; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84867301368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047030     Document Type: Article

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