Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.05a
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- Pages.106-106
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- 2002
EFFECT OF ARSENIC ON ACETYLCHOLINE-INDUCED RELEXATION IN BLOOD VESSELS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
- Lee, Moo-Yeol (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Chung, Seung-Min (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Bae, Ok-Nam (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
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Chung, Jin-Ho
(College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2002.05.01
Abstract
Several epidemiological studies suggested that arsenic exposure was strongly correlated with the development of cardiovascular disease such as hypertension. In order to examine whether arsenic affects vasomotor tone in blood vessels, we investigated the effect of arsenic on agonist-induced vasorelaxation using the isolated rat aortic rings in in vitro organ bath system.(omitted)