Potassium channel openers and prostacyclin play a crucial role in mediating the vasorelaxant activity of Gynura procumbens

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ng, Hien Kun ^a   Poh, Ting Fung ^a   Lam, Sau Kuen ^a   Hoe, See Ziau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Gynura procumbens; Potassium channel; Prostacylin; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ATROPINE; BUTANOLIC FRACTION; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLAVANOID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPANOL; PROSTACYCLIN; SUB FRACTION F1; SUB FRACTION F2; SUB FRACTION F3; SUB FRACTION F4; SUB FRACTION F5; SUB FRACTION F6; SUB FRACTION F7; SUB FRACTION F8; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; GYNURA PROCUMBENS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; UREA CYCLE; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ASTERACEAE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; EPOPROSTENOL; FLAVONOIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84880335204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-188     Document Type: Article

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