Menthol relaxes rat aortae, mesenteric and coronary arteries by inhibiting calcium influx

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 702, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Cheang, Wai San ^a   Lam, Muk Yan ^a   Wong, Wing Tak ^a   Tian, Xiao Yu ^a   Lau, Chi Wai ^a   Zhu, Zhiming ^b   Yao, Xiaoqiang ^a   Huang, Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(Rat); Artery; Menthol; Nifedipine sensitive Ca2+ channel; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MENTHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CORONARY VESSELS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MENTHOL; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84874396983     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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