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Abstract
The concentration of intracellular free calcium [Ca2+]i in human platelets was measured by the quin-2 method. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) at 10(-5) M induced a rapid transient increase of [Ca2+]i which was antagonized by 10(-7) M ketanserin or cyproheptadine. The verapamil derivative, desmethoxyverapamil (D888), showed stereospecific inhibition of the 5-HT-induced [Ca2+]i increase. The IC50 for (-)-D888 was approx. 2 X 10(-8) M; (+)-D888 was almost 50 times less potent.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3801761 PMCID: PMC1916576 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1986.tb10188.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739