Hossein Azizian

Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

[ 1 ] - Role of the potassium channels in vasorelaxant effect of asafoetida essential oil

Objective: In a previous work, we showed that asafoetida essential oil (AEO), from oleo-gum resin of Ferula asafoetida L. from the Apiaceae family, has a vasodilatory effect. This effect was both endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent. The present study was designed to determine whether potassium channels and intracellular calcium release contribute to AEO-i...