Formononetin, an isoflavone, relaxes rat isolated aorta through endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent pathways

Wu, Jian-Hong; Li, Qing; Wu, Min-Yi; Guo, De-Jian; Chen, Huan-Le; Chen, Shi-Lin; Seto, Sai-Wang; Au, Alice L.S.; Poon, Christina C.W.; Leung, George P.H.; Lee, Simon M.Y.; Kwan, Yiu-Wa; Chan, Shun-Wan

doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.03.010

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Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 613-620, July 2010

Formononetin, an isoflavone, relaxes rat isolated aorta through endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent pathways

Jian-Hong Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
Qing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100094, PR China
Min-Yi Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
De-Jian Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
Huan-Le Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
Shi-Lin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100094, PR China
Sai-Wang Seto
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Alice L.S. Au
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Christina C.W. Poon
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
George P.H. Leung
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Simon M.Y. Lee
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Av. Padre Tomas Pereira S.J., Taipa, Macau, PR China
Yiu-Wa Kwan
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Shun-Wan Chan
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
- Open Laboratory of Chirotechnology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
- Corresponding author. Open Laboratory of Chirotechnology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. Tel.: +852 34008718; fax: +852 23649932.