Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 456-461 , May 2009

Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in rat thoracic aorta by Mansoa hirsuta D.C.

  • Priscilla R.V. Campana

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fernão C. Braga

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    • ,
  • Steyner F. Cortes

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, CEP 31270-901, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +553134092726; fax: +553134092695.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.09.007

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 456-461 , May 2009

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