Comparison of the effects of methanethiol and sodium sulphide on uterine contractile activity

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-379

  Mijušković, Ana ^a   Oreščanin Dušić, Zorana ^a   Nikolić Kokić, Aleksandra ^a   Slavić, Marija ^a   Spasić, Mihajlo B ^a   Spasojević, Ivan ^b   Blagojević, Duško ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Methanethiol; Reactive oxygen species; Relaxation; SOD

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SODIUM SULFIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL GROUP; ANTIOXIDANT; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84901450234     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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