Isolation of opiate receptor ligands in coffee.

abstract：:1. Strips of rabbit anococcygeus muscle were submaximally contracted by the addition of phenylephrine to the bath fluid. 2. Acetylcholine, dimethylphenylpiperazinium and electrical field stimulation caused relaxation. Relaxation induced by acetylcholine and field stimulation was blocked by tetrodotoxin but only the ac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wai SS,Coupar IM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Contraction assays and patch clamp methods were used to determine the role of K+ channels in the regulation of contractile tone of human mesangial cells (MC) in culture. 2. MC contraction was induced by vasoconstrictor agents, such as angiotensin II (AngII; 100 nmol/L) and glybenclamide (Glyb), but not by iberiotox...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sansom SC,Stockand JD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The spinal sympathetic outflow (C7-T2) of pithed male Wistar rats was electrically stimulated (30-50 V, 0.5 ms, 0.1-1.0 Hz) and heart rate and arterial blood pressure were recorded. D-Tubocurarine (1 mg/kg) and atropine (1 mg/kg) were administered intravenously (i.v.) to reduce voluntary and parasympathetic nerve a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rechtman MP,King RG,Boura AL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Positive inotropic effect of taurine and improvement of cardiac performance of failing heart are mediated through the modulation of Ca2+ movement through the sarcolemma. 2. Cardioprotection with glutamate and aspartate is related to enhanced anaerobic energy formation in mitochondria coupled with succinate formatio...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Pisarenko OI

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. 125I-351A, a tyrosyl derivative of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor lisinopril, was used as a radioligand, and radioinhibitor binding and displacement assays have been established. 2. The in vitro potency of a range of ACE inhibitors against rat ACE was determined using the radioinhibitor binding d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Johnston CI,Cubela R,Jackson B

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Skeletal muscle oxidative function and metabolic gene expression are co-ordinately downregulated in metabolic diseases such as insulin resistance, obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Altering skeletal muscle metabolic gene expression to favour enhanced energy expenditure is considered a potential therapy to combat these d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McGee SL,Hargreaves M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The administration of aldosterone to adrenalectomized rats produces an increase in K+ and decrease in Na+ excretion in the urine. The relationship of the post-aldosterone to the pre-aldosterone urinary sodium and potassium excretion is termed the renal response to aldosterone. 2. The administration of L-dopa enhanc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Adam WR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. When six female seropositive rheumatoid patients were given placebo therapy for 48 h, their plasma kininogen level, 9.2 +/- 0.7 microgram bradykinin equivalents (bk eq) per ml, was found to be 59% greater than that of a group of eight healthy female volunteers (5.8 +/- 0.5 microgram/ml). 2. When the rheumatoid pati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sharma JN,Zeitlin IJ,Brooks PM,Buchanan WW,Dick WC

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The influence of the passive force on the contraction and endothelium-dependent relaxation in aortae of normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) were compared. 2. Force changes of endothelium-intact and -removed preparations were measured isometrically by a force...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sekiguchi F,Adachi T,Matsubara H,Matsuda K,Kita K,Shimamura K,Sunano S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Piretanide is a new loop diuretic resembling furosemide. The effects of this diuretic on various parameters of renal function and on the excretion of the major ions were studied on anaesthetized, hydrated rats. 2. Piretanide induced a marked diuresis and increased sodium, potassium, chloride and calcium excretion. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nguyen-Simonnet H,Gauthier C,Pellet M

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The concentration of methylguanidine and guanidinosuccinic acid has been measured in normal human plasma and discrepancies between various published methods for measuring methylguanidine have been resolved. Previous methods have been modified to allow these guanidines, together with guanidinoacetic acid and creatin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lazdins I,Dawborn JK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Cholestatic liver disease is associated with nitric oxide (NO) overproduction and bradycardia. Nitric oxide has a dual effect on sinoatrial node and its effects depend on its concentration. Nitric oxide can increase heart rate by activating hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker current (If) but, at high concentrati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Mani AR,Nahavandi A,Moosavi M,Safarinejad R,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sevoflurane produces QT prolongation on the electrocardiogram, predominantly via inhibition of the slow delayed rectifier K(+) current. DPI 201-106 is an experimental drug that produces QT prolongation by reducing Na(+) channel inactivation, thereby mimicking congenital long QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3). The present s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kang J,Chen XL,Reynolds WP,Rampe D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of propofol on cardiac whole-cell sodium currents and single sodium channels in rat isolated ventricular myocytes was examined using patch-clamp techniques. 2. Propofol caused a block of the whole-cell sodium current, the potency of block depending on the holding potential. When cells were held at -90 mV...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Saint DA,Tang Y

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Salt intake is not only known to play an important role in determining blood pressure (BP) but has been shown to have other deleterious effects independent of BP. 2. Epidemiological and animal studies have provided evidence that salt intake may have an adverse effect on stroke mortality independent of BP. 3. Signif...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Antonios TF,MacGregor GA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate recovery (HRR) describes the rapid deceleration of heart rate after strenuous exercise and is an indicator of parasympathetic tone. A reduction in parasympathetic tone occurs in patients with congestive heart failure, resulting in prolonged HRR. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as pyridostigmine, can e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bharadwaj M,Pope C,Davis M,Katz S,Cook C,Maxwell L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the pharmacological effects of T-1095, this novel derivative of phlorizin was administered to GK rats for 8 weeks. T-1095 treatment significantly lowered plasma glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, but did not significantly affect bodyweight. 2. T-1095 treatment did not affect 3.3 mmo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nunoi K,Yasuda K,Adachi T,Okamoto Y,Shihara N,Uno M,Tamon A,Suzuki N,Oku A,Tsuda K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 5% of hospitalized patients and in 50% of sepsis patients with acute renal dysfunction. However, there have been no safe and effective therapeutic strategies. The hypoxia condition is closely related to renal injury and function under AKI. As hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) is ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang H,Liu N,Li R,Tian J,Hu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is colocalized with catecholamines in central regions involved in blood pressure regulation and exerts depressor responses in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Ageing is accompanied by a decline in baroreflex function and a reduction in NPY concentrations in some brain areas. The present st...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Morris MJ,Pavia JM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central administration of choline increases blood pressure in normotensive and hypotensive states by increasing plasma concentrations of vasopressin and catecholamines. We hypothesized that choline could also modulate the renin-angiotensin pathway, the third main pressor system in the body. Plasma renin activity (PRA)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Isbil-Buyukcoskun N,Ilcol YO,Cansev M,Hamurtekin E,Ozluk K,Ulus IH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological actions of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(3-hydroxy-2-spiropentylpropyl)-phenol (BSPP), a putative presynaptic GABA(B) receptor modulator, were examined in electrically stimulated rat neocortical brain slices preloaded with [3H]-GABA or [3H]-glutamic acid. At 10 mmol/L, BSPP inhibited the release of [3H]-GAB...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Parker DA,Marino V,Ong J,Puspawati NM,Prager RH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to assess the protective effect of Sargassum polycystum (sulphated polysaccharide) extract against paracetamol-induced DNA strand breaks and modulation of membrane-bound phosphatases, protein thiols and inorganic cations during toxic hepatitis. 2. Seaweed extract (200 mg/kg per day ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Raghavendran HB,Sathivel A,Yogeeta RS,Devaki T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rapid ventricular rate (VR) and rhythm irregularity during atrial fibrillation (AF) impair cardiac performance. Although digoxin has been widely used in patients with AF, its efficacy for the control of VR and rhythm irregularity is unsatisfactory. Whether low-dose amiodarone is more effective remains unclear. 2. W...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tse HF,Lam YM,Lau CP,Cheung BM,Kumana CR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-angiotensinogen (AGT)-renin angiotensin system (RAS) axis is sequentially activated in the development of diabetic nephropathy in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) obese rats. 2. Genetic pairs of male ZDF obese and control ZDF l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Miyata K,Ohashi N,Suzaki Y,Katsurada A,Kobori H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The transport of taurocholic acid from portal blood to bile was studied in the anaesthetized rat by injecting a radiolabelled pulse of bile acid. 2. The transport process was very rapid, 50% of the dose being secreted within 5 min, and the total dose within 15 min. 3. The transport process had a large capacity. The...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Iser JH,Packer JS,Smallwood RA,Hoffman NE

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Studies using animal experimental models have suggested that the beta2-adrenoceptor is uncoupled in association with alterations in the expression of G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRK) 2/3 in heart failure. However, the functional expression of the components of this pathway in human disease has not been full...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dzimiri N,Basco C,Moorji A,Afrane B,Al-Halees Z

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. CYP2C19 is a polymorphism of cytochrome P450, which is responsible for the metabolism of many drugs. The genetic polymorphism shows interethnic variation and it has been demonstrated that the frequency of poor metabolizers (PM) and the distribution of alleles of CYP2C19 vary among Chinese ethnic nationalities. The ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang JH,Li PQ,Fu QY,Li QX,Cai WW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) is an enzyme that participates in the wound healing process. Aspirin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, simultaneously inhibits the aromatase activity of COX-1 and COX-2 isoforms, which is needed for prostaglandin synthesis. The aim of the present study was to determine whether aspirin, and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： dos Santos JS,Monte-Alto-Costa A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Cardiovascular and body fluid homeostasis depends upon the activation and co-ordination of reflexes and behavioural responses. In order to accomplish this, the brain receives and processes both neural and chemical input. Once in the brain, information from sources signalling the status of the cardiovascular system ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Johnson AK,Cunningham JT,Thunhorst RL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) is an anaesthetic agent with anti-oxidant properties. The aim of the present study was to determine whether propofol can protect pulmonary epithelial (A549) cells against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cell death and, if so, the mechanisms involved. The effects of LPS alone and in co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gu X,Lu Y,Chen J,He H,Li P,Yang T,Li L,Liu G,Chen Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00