
Vascular activity of a natural diterpene isolated from Croton zambesicus and of a structurally similar synthetic trachylobane
Keywords: DT, diterpenes; DT6, ent-18-hydroxy-trachyloban-3-one; DT10, ent-trachyloban-14,15-dione; NNA, Nω-nitro-l-arginine; SNAP, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-d,l-penicillamine; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; VOC, voltage-operated calcium channelsTrachylobane diterpene; Croto