Tianma modulates blood vessel tonicity

• Main Authors: Feng, Lin, Manavalan, Arulmani, Mishra, Manisha, Sze, Siu Kwan, Hu, Jiang-Miao, Heese, Klaus
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99178; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17534
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tianma is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) often used for the treatment of hypertension and heart diseases. To elucidate the function of tianma at the molecular level, we investigated the effect of tianma on vascular functions and aortic protein metabolism. We found that long-term treatment with...