A potential calcium antagonist and its antihypertensive effects

  • Yan Zhang
  • , Yanjun Cao
  • , Qunli Wang
  • , Lei Zheng
  • , Jie Zhang
  • , Langchong He

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Abstract

Imperatorin (Imp) as a hypotensive active ingredient, its hypotensive effect was evaluated in the SHRs, its calcium antagonism and affinity to L-type calcium channel was also confirmed. The results showed that the blood pressure was decreased in the SHRs treated with Imp, the aortic ring was relaxed with Imp, L-type calcium channel currents and intracellular calcium free ion rise was nearly disappeared when adding Imp. In addition, Imp displayed a chromatographic peak similar to nitrendipine and verapamil by the cell membrane chromatography, same results from protein-drug docking approaches. Hence, Imp target the L-type calcium channel, and may be used as a novel antihypertensive drug.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)988-996
Number of pages9
JournalFitoterapia
Volume82
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Calcium antagonists
  • Imperatorin (Imp)
  • L-type calcium channel
  • Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs)
  • Vascular smooth muscle (VSM)

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