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Planta Med 1991; 57(1): 41-42
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960013
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Untersuchungen zum Einfluß ätherischer Öle und ihrer Hauptkomponenten auf die Adenosinaufnahme kultivierter Endothelzellen

Investigations of the Influence of Essential Oils and their Main Components on the Adenosine Uptake by Cultivated Endothelial CellsMatthias Melzig, Eberhard Teuscher
  • Sektion Pharmazie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Jahnstr.17, O-2200 Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany
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1989

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05 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The inhibition of adenosine uptake by endothelial cells which increases the local concentration of the neuromodulator adenosine and the release of adenine nucleotides may be involved in the pharmacological effects of essential oils via interaction between vascular endothelium and the nervi olfactorii of the nose mucosa.

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Adenosine uptake - endothelial cells - essential oils - pharmacological effects