title: Nitro compounds (isosorbide dinitrate, 5-isosorbide mononitrate and glyceryl trinitrate) on the femoral vein and femoral artery.
abstract: In organ bath studies, the selectivity of isolated femoral vein and artery of rabbit to isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN), 5-isosorbide mononitrate (ISMN), major metabolite of ISDN, and glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) was compared. The femoral vein and artery contracted by norepinephrine were relaxed by all the nitro compounds dose-dependently. Potency order was GTN greater than ISDN greater than ISMN. The maximum inhibitory responses to the nitrocompounds and their pIC50 values (negative logarithms of doses to induce the 50% response) were greater in the femoral vein than in the femoral artery. For ISMN a 3 times greater sensitivity of femoral vein than of femoral artery was found.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hisayama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate; C030397:isosorbide-5-mononitrate; D009638:Norepinephrine