Apocynin ameliorates cadmium-induced hypertension through elevation of endothelium nitric oxide synthase

Cardiovascular Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-363

  Nwokocha, Chukwuemeka R ^a   Baker, Abena ^a   Douglas, Damion ^a   McCalla, Garsha ^a   Nwokocha, Magdalene ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Apocynin; Blood pressure; Cadmium; cGMP; eNOS; Hematology; NADPH oxidase inhibition

Indexed keywords

APOCYNIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

RATTUS;

ACETOPHENONES; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADMIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84890568294     PISSN: 15307905     EISSN: 15590259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12012-013-9216-0     Document Type: Article

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