| Literature DB >> 16784851 |
Hiroshi Morita1, Toru Iizuka, Chee-Yan Choo, Kit-Lam Chan, Koichi Takeya, Jun'ichi Kobayashi.
Abstract
A cyclic octapeptide, cyclosquamosin B (2), isolated from the seeds of Annona squamosa showed a vasorelaxant effect on rat aorta. It showed a slow relaxation activity against norepinephrine (NE)-induced contractions of rat aorta with/without endothelium. It showed inhibition effect on vasocontraction of depolarized aorta with high concentration potassium, but moderately inhibition effect on NE-induced contraction in the presence of nicardipine. These results showed that the vasorelaxant effect by 2 might be attributed mainly to inhibition of calcium influx from extracellular space through voltage-dependent calcium channels.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16784851 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.06.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823