Calcium antagonists and thiazide diuretics have opposite effects on blood rheology and radial artery compliance in arterial hypertension: a randomized double-blind study.

abstract：:Microparticles are membrane vesicles with procoagulant and proinflammatory properties released during cell activation or apoptosis. Microparticles from monocytes have been implicated in atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation, but their direct effects on endothelial cells are not completely elucidated. The present s...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Mastronardi ML,Mostefai HA,Soleti R,Agouni A,Martínez MC,Andriantsitohaina R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvacrol (5-isopropyl-2-methylphenol) is a monoterpenic phenol present in the essencial oil of many plants. It is the major component of the essential oil fraction of oregano and thyme. This work presents the behavioral effects of carvacrol in animal models of elevated plus maze (EPM), open field, Rotarod and barbitu...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Melo FH,Venâncio ET,de Sousa DP,de França Fonteles MM,de Vasconcelos SM,Viana GS,de Sousa FC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to evaluate the antitumor activity of Metformin (Met) and its impending utility to potentiate the chemotherapeutic action of doxorubicin on 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5b]pyridine (PhIP)-induced rat mammary carcinogenesis. Female Sprague -Dawley (SD) rats were divided into seven group...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Salim E,El-Sisi AE,Sokar S,El-Sayad M,Moussa E

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of striatal slices with sodium nitroprusside (SNP) or hydroxylamine (HA) for 60 min caused a dose-dependent increase in dopamine (DA) release. This effect was inhibited completely by tetrodotoxin (TTX) (1 microM) if low concentrations of SNP (1 microM) or HA (10 and 100 microM) were tested. Although-higher ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Büyükuysal RL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many characters are genetically regulated as polymorphisms. This means that discrete groups are seen within the distribution of a certain character. Drug metabolism is no exception and the polymorphism of acetylation is recognised since the 50's. Polymorphic drug oxidation was discovered in the 70's and has been exten...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Alván G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poor outcomes in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) necessitate new treatments. Recent studies emphasize anisomycin as a promising anti-cancer drug candidate. In this work, we systematically investigated the efficacy of anisomycin alone and its combination with the standard-of-care drugs in NSCLC. We show...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Tan H,Hu B,Xie F,Zhu C,Cheng Z

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effect of lacosamide (LCM) on biochemical and mitochondrial parameters after PTZ kindling in mice. Male mice were treated on alternative days for a period of 11 days with LCM (20, 30, or 40 mg/kg), saline, or diazepam (2 mg/kg), before PTZ administration (50 mg/kg). The hippocampi were collect...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Lazzarotto L,Pflüger P,Regner GG,Santos FM,Aguirre DG,Brito VB,Moura DJ,Dos Santos NM,Picada JN,Parmeggiani B,Frusciante MR,Leipnitz G,Pereira P

更新日期：2020-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoepidemiological studies have reported an excess of mortality with selegiline, a MAO B inhibitor used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The mechanism of this putative adverse effect remains unknown but an interaction with the sympathetic nervous system was suggested. The aim of the present study was to i...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Pelat M,Verwaerde P,Tran MA,Berlan M,Senard JM,Montastruc JL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since solute carrier (SLC) and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play pivotal roles in the transport of both nutrients and drugs into breast milk, drug-nutrient transport interactions at the lactating mammary gland are possible. Our purpose was to characterize lactation stage-dependent changes in transporter exp...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Gilchrist SE,Alcorn J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to comment the results described in the literature concerning the possible pharmacodynamic mechanisms involved in the improvement of quality of life of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors that is just a working hypothesis. These drugs, widely used in the treatment of hypertension, preven...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Govantes C,Marín J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs have side effects that manifest as signs or symptoms which are sometimes undistinguishable from signs or symptoms of active disease. The conventional approximation of the rate of side effects of drugs is by subtracting the rate of signs and symptoms in the placebo group from that in the drug group. This measures...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Bernheim JL,Vrana I

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to test whether tramadol is effective in the control of neuropathic pain in rats. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve was induced over the left hind limb in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Identical surgery was performed on the opposite side except that the sciatic nerve was...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Tsai YC,Sung YH,Chang PJ,Kang FC,Chu KS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports data on the effect of a new antioxidant, U-83836E, on the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status of liver, red blood cells (RBCs) and blood serum of rats intoxicated with methanol (3.0 g/kg body weight). Methanol administration slightly increased the levels of peroxidation products in the liver, ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Skrzydlewska E,Farbiszewski R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that diterpenes have anti-inflammatory and redox-protective pharmacological activities. The present study aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory properties of phytol, a diterpene alcohol, in a mouse model of acute inflammation, and phytol effect on leukocyte recruitment, cytokines levels, and ox...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Silva RO,Sousa FB,Damasceno SR,Carvalho NS,Silva VG,Oliveira FR,Sousa DP,Aragão KS,Barbosa AL,Freitas RM,Medeiros JV

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low temperatures may affect dose delivery efficacy and clinical effectiveness of medication aerosols. In this study we examine the effect of cold ambient temperature on the bronchodilatation produced by terbutaline delivered from a chlorofluorocarbon pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) compared to a multi-dose dry...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Ramón M,Juan G,Ciscar MA,Martí-Bonmatí E,Morcillo EJ,Marín J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venom from the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus quinquestriatus has previously been shown to alter the excitability of the neural and skeletal muscle preparations. The present study was undertaken to explore the effects of the venom in cardiac potential signals at the animal, tissue and the cell level in rats hear...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Purali N,Yagcioglu S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric mucosa is frequently exposed to various gastric irritants, and there is a continuing requirement to develop new gastro-protective agents. This study compares the effects of three such agents, sucralfate, rebamipide, and cimetidine in both in vivo and in vitro indomethacin-induced gastric damage models. For the...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Goineau S,Castagné V

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The smooth muscle relaxant responses to NS-004, an activator of charybdotoxin-sensitive, large conductance Ca(2+)-dependent K+ channels (BKCa) were studied on the basal spontaneous tone in guinea-pig trachea in vitro. The sensitivity of these responses to a range of K+ channel inhibitors and antagonists were also eval...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Lawson K,Barras M,Armstrong JM,Hicks PE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of the N-acetyltransferase-dependent AFMU production from caffeine was studied during infancy. The group of children (N = 14) consisted of 4 premature newborn infants and ten 1-19 month-old infants who received caffeine citrate solution for the treatment and prevention of apnea. Caffeine, AFMU, 1X and 9...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Pons G,Rey E,Carrier O,Richard MO,Moran C,Badoual J,Olive G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a high-cholesterol diet in the presence and absence of statin on Cu-Zn-superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyl (PCO), and nitric oxide (NO) of blood and heart tissue, the antioxidant activity of serum paraoxonase-1 (PON-1), and o...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Sozer V

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The off-label and unlicensed use of drugs to treat children is a common practice that occurs either in hospital or in the community. This derives from the fact that research for establishing drug efficacy and safety in children has not been carried out due to ethical problems, logistical difficulties, financial and le...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Cuzzolin L,Zaccaron A,Fanos V

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN)-γ is known to downregulate expression of drug detoxifying proteins such as cytochromes P-450 (CYPs) in human hepatocytes. The present study was designed to determine whether IFN-γ may also impair expression of influx and efflux drug transporters, which constitute important determinants of the liver de...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Le Vee M,Jouan E,Moreau A,Fardel O

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intracoronary bradykinin (BK) infusion on noradrenaline release and ventricular arrhythmias induced by coronary occlusion and reperfusion in the anesthetized dog. METHODS:14 anesthetized adult mongrel dogs of either sex underwent a 60 min occlusion of t...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Ribuot C,Yamaguchi N,Godin D,Jetté L,Adam A,Nadeau R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new quinoline containing selenium, 4-phenylselenyl-7-chloroquinoline (4-PSQ), was described and synthetized by our research group. Recently, we demonstrated the potential antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory of 4-PSQ. For this reason, the first objective of this study was to expand our previous findings by investig...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Silva VDG,Reis AS,Pinz MP,da Fonseca CAR,Duarte LFB,Roehrs JA,Alves D,Luchese C,Wilhelm EA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some combinations of antihypertensive agents were shown to reduce proteinuria in patients with renal failure. However, preventive effects of such combinations on renal structure and function are presently unknown when treatment is administered before the onset of renal abnormalities. We thus investigated the long-term...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Renaud IM,Chainey A,Belair MF,Mandet C,Michel O,Myara I,Chevalier J,Plante GE

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) towards muscarinic receptors was studied in vitro and in vivo. L-NAME displaced the antimuscarinic ligand [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]QNB) from its specific binding sites in rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum homogenates w...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Hellmich B,Gyermek L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticonvulsant action of CGP 40116, a competitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate type of excitatory amino acid receptors, was studied in rats during development (7, 12, 18, 25 and 90 days old). Two types of motor seizures were elicited by a subcutaneous injection of pentylenetetrazol. Pretreatment with CGP 40116 d...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Haugvicová R,Mares P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate which principal human cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes are affected by artemisinin and to what degree the artemisinin derivatives differ with respect to their respective induction and inhibition capacity. Seventy-five healthy adults were randomized to receive therapeutic oral d...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Asimus S,Elsherbiny D,Hai TN,Jansson B,Huong NV,Petzold MG,Simonsson US,Ashton M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research during recent years has established nitric oxide as a unique signaling molecule that plays important roles in the regulation of the cardiovascular, nervous, renal, immune and other systems. Nitric oxide has also been implicated in the control of the secretion of hormones by the pancreas, hypothalamus, pituita...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Reid IA,Chiu YJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the place of fish oils in the care of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients? As several clinical trials have already addressed this question without giving definitive answers, we did a meta-analysis of trials regarding the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in preventing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. We...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Yzebe D,Lievre M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00