title: Cardiovascular effects of nonivamide succinate.
abstract: Intravenous injection of nonivamide or nonivamide succinate (25, 250 nmol/kg) into Wistar rats induced bradycardia, hypotension, apnea and a triphasic blood pressure response: an initial short fall (effect A), an intermediate rise (effect B), and a subsequent delayed fall (effect C) of blood pressure. This blood pressure response remained unchanged after treatment with propranolol or phentolamine. In atropine-pretreatment rats the initial effect A was markedly decreased and effect C was slight increased. Effect A was absent after bilateral vagotomy. Unilateral microinjection of nonivamide succinate (3, 30 fmol) into the nucleus tractus solitarii produced a marked reduction in blood pressure and heart rate. In the isolated aorta of the guinea pig, application of either nonivamide or its succinate (10(-8) to 10(-5) M) eliminated the smooth muscle tone produced by phenylephrine (10(-6) M). Re-exposure to these agents, however, produced an immediate tachyphylactic relaxing response and prolonged rebound contractile response. Both compounds induced a vascular contraction rather than relaxation during tachyphylaxis. The potency of nonivamide succinate was found to be slightly greater than that of nonivamide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan Republic of China.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014641:Vanillic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014641:Vanillic Acid; D002211:Capsaicin; C040937:nonivamide