Table 2.
Effects of endothelium removal, NO synthase blockade and of vanilloid receptor antagonism on NO release elicited by anandamide and capsaicin
100 nm anandamide | 100 nm capsaicin | |
---|---|---|
Control | 156.3 ± 20.5 (9) | 108.4 ± 19.2 (6) |
Denuded endothelium | 14.0 ± 14.0* (4) | 16.7 ± 16.7* (4) |
100 μml-NNA | 17.3 ± 5.80* (4) | 0* (4) |
0.3 μm ruthenium red | 27.2 ± 10.3* (6) | 19.7 ± 16.7* (4) |
Methodological details are described under Methods.
P < 0.05 when compared to the corresponding control value.