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Article: Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medicine, alters cardiomyocyte calcium stores.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- March 2, 2003
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2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in the United States, "Extracts of Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medication used as a topical anesthetic and cardiac medication, were incubated with cardiomyocytes that had been loaded with a calcium specific fluorescent probe. Calcium transients were measured by real-time fluorescence spectrophotometry following treatment.
"The transients were rapidly abolished following addition of a moderate concentration of the extract (400 ng/ml), resulting in high levels of intracellular calcium, while the lower amount (40 ng/ml) blocked the sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase.
"Treatments with ...