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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
In the present study we tested the relaxant effect of three aporphine alkaloids--roemerine, anonaine and dehydroroemerine--isolated from the roots of Annona cherimolia, on isolated strips of rat thoracic aorta. All compounds completely relaxed KCl- and noradrenaline-induced contractions with different potencies depending on their structural characteristics. The experiments, carried out in Ca(2+)-free medium using two different agonists (noradrenaline and caffeine) which mobilize calcium intracellularly by different mechanisms of action, showed that the alkaloids made no contribution to intracellular calcium processes. The present study provides evidence that the relaxant effects produced by aporphine alkaloids may be due to the blockade of calcium movements across the cell membrane, mainly through voltage-operated channels, and to the disruption of alpha 1-adrenoceptors connected to receptor-operated channels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alkaloids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aporphines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium Channel Blockers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diltiazem, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dioxoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drugs, Chinese Herbal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoquinolines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipoxygenase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nifedipine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Norepinephrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Chloride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prazosin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sympatholytics, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dehydroroemerine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/roemerine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3573
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
647-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Alkaloids, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Aporphines, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Diltiazem, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Dioxoles, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Drugs, Chinese Herbal, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Isoquinolines, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Muscle Relaxation, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Nifedipine, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Potassium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Prazosin, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8583365-Sympatholytics
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Relaxant activity of three aporphine alkaloids from Annona cherimolia on isolated aorta of rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't