Endothelium-Dependent Vasorelaxant Effect of Butanolic Fraction from Caryocar brasiliense Camb. Leaves in Rat Thoracic Aorta

Figure 6

Relaxation evoked by BF in the absence (control curve) or presence of tetraethylammonium (TEA, a nonselective potassium channel blocker; 1 mM) and indomethacin (a cyclooxygenase inhibitor; 10 μM) in rat aortic rings. The results are expressed as mean ± SEM of 6-7 experiments.