Pharmacological Studies of Tentacle Extract from the Jellyfish Cyanea capillata in Isolated Rat Aorta

Pharmacological Studies of Tentacle Extract from the Jellyfish Cyanea capillata in Isolated Rat Aorta

Our previous studies demonstrated that tentacle extract (TE) from the jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, could cause a dose-dependent increase of systolic blood pressure, which seemed to be the result of direct constriction of vascular smooth muscle (VSM). The aim of this study is to investigate whether T...

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Main Authors: Liming Zhang, Liang Xiao, Jiemin Zheng, Guoyan Liu, Zhi Zhang, Fei Nie, Bo Zhang, Qianqian Wang, Beilei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-08-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
jellyfish
Cyanea capillata
tentacle extract
vasoconstriction
contractile response
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/9/3335

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