Effects of eugenol, an essential oil, on the mechanical and electrical activities of cardiac muscle

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 688-695

  Damiani, Carlos Estevan Nolf ^a,b   Moreira, Cleci Menezes ^a   Heng, Tao Zhang ^c   Creazzo, Tony Louis ^c   Vassallo, Dalton Valentim ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Sch Med S Casa Misericordia V   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium channels; Eugenol; Isoproterenol; Myocardial contractility; Myosin ATPase; Tetanic tension

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; ISOPRENALINE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; INOTROPISM; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CELL SEPARATION; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUGENOL; HEART; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSINS; OILS, VOLATILE; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 9744259465     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200412000-00011     Document Type: Article

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