title: [Effect of Chuanxiong Fangfeng Baizhi prescription on isolated rabbit basilar artery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of the main constituents and its combination from Chuanxiong Fangfeng Baizhi prescription on isolated rabbit basilar artery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The isolated rabbit basilar artery rings were treated with 5 mmol x L(-1) KCl and 5-HT 2.4 x 10(-8) mol x L(-1), and by measuring the tension of basilar artery rings, the effect of the main constituents and its combination from Chunxiong Fangfeng Baizhi Prescription on vascular activity was observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Under pre-contractions of KCl 45 mmol x L(-1), ligustilide, ferulic acid, imperatorin and two constituent's combination have the vasodilatation effect on rabbit basilar artery rings white prim-o-glucosylcimifugin and 4'-O-beta-D-glucosyl-5-o-methylvisamminol have no same action. The EC50 sequence is P2 < imperatorin < ligustilide < P1 (P < 0.05). And the same vasodilatation effect on rabbit isolated basilar artery rings evoked by 5-HT 2.4 x 10(-8) mol x L(-1) was found for two constituents' combination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Except prim-o-glucosylcimifugin and 4'-O-beta-D-glucosyl-5-o-methylvisamminol, all samples have the vasodilatation effect on rabbit isolated basilar artery rings evoked by KCl and 5-HT, the vasodilatation effect of constituent's combination were better than any single constituent.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Cun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yongyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019661:Apiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D055656:Prescriptions; D011817:Rabbits; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal