hydrochloride, (–)-epinephrine (+)-bitartrate salt, ethidium bromide, histamine
dihydrochloride, ICI-118,551 hydrochloride, indomethacin, (–)-isoproterenol hydrochloride,
prazosin hydrochloride were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA);
(–)-(R)-norepinephrine hydrogen tartrate monohydrate, serotonin
creatinine sulfate, and papaverine hydrochloride were obtained from Wako Pure Chemical
Industries (Osaka, Japan); and prostaglandin F2α was obtained from Fuji Pharma
Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). (±)-Bupranolol hydrochloride was kindly donated by Kaken
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan).
Atenolol was dissolved in 0.1 N HCl to produce a stock solution of 10−2 M.
indomethacin was dissolved in 100% ethanol to produce a stock solution of 10−2M. All other drugs were prepared as aqueous solutions and diluted with distilled water.
Drugs were added directly to the organ bath and expressed as the molar concentration (M)
in the bath medium.