Endothelial function plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular health,and dysfunction in this context diminishes vasorelaxation concomitant with endothelial activity.The nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathwa...
supported by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme,Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia(203/PFARMASI/6711408);MyPhD(MyBrain programme),Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia.
Objective: To evaluate vasorelaxant and vasoconstriction effects of Zingiber officinale var. rubrum(ZOVR)on live rats and isolated aortic rings of spontaneously hypertensive rats(SHRs).Methods: Extracts of ZOVR were s...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Study on the association between the composition of pungent traditional Chinese medicine and the effect of promoting blood circulation,No.81273901)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of osthole on isolated thoracic aortic rings, and to determine the potential mechanism of action.METHODS: Thoracic aortas were isolated from Wistar rats, and were suspended in tiss...
sponsored by funding from CNRST, Morocco (Project URAC-40);from Belgium (Program 3, CUD Project)
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the vasodilatory effect of Chenopodium ambrosioides on the isolated rat aorta, and to explore its mechanism of action.Methods: The vasorelaxant effect and the mode of action of v...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.81373406 and 81421063)
Our previous studies found that mitochondrial uncouplers induced vasodilation. Triclosan, the broad spectrum antibacterial agent, is the active ingredient in soaps and toothpastes. It was reported that triclosan induc...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.81373406 and 81421063)
Mitochondria are morphologically dynamic organelles which undergo fission and fusion processes. Our previous study found that arterial constriction was always accompanied by increased mitochondrial fission in smooth m...
This work was supported by grants from the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No U1432248), National Key Projects of Research and Development (No 2016YFC0904600), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 11305226 and 11405230), Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province (No tshw201502046), and the Western Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No 2013-165 and Y460030XB0).
Aim: Ginsenosides are considered to be the major pharmacologically active ginseng constituents, whereas 20(S)-protopanaxadiol [20(S)-PPD] is the active metabolite of ginsenosides in gut. In this study we investig...
Aim: DL0805-2 [N-(1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(4-methylbenzyl) pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide] is a DL0805 derivative with more potent vasorelaxant activity and lower toxicity. This study was conducted to investigate the vasor...
Supported by Undergraduate Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of Medical College of Three Gorges University,China(No.201105018)
Objective: To study the effect of gastrodin on isolated thoracic aorta rings of rats and to investigate the potential mechanism. Methods: A perfusion model of isolated thoracic aorta rings of rats was applied. The e...
Acknowledgements This study was supported by grants from the National Science and Technology Major Project (No 2013ZX09103-001-008 and 2012ZX09103-101-078) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 81102444 and 81202538).
Aim: Brazilin is one of the major constituents of Caesalpinia sappan L with various biological activities. This study sought to investigate the vasorelaxant effect of brazilin on isolated rat thoracic aorta and explo...