| 释义 |
vasoˈactive, a. Physiol.
[f. prec. + active a.]
Affecting the physiological state of blood vessels, esp. their calibre; vasoactive intestinal (poly)peptide, a polypeptide 28 amino-acids long which is a neurotransmitter found esp. in the brain and gastrointestinal tract; abbrev. VIP.
1958Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. XIII. 113 (heading) Vasoactive substances in the nasal mucosa. 1962Times 17 May 14/4 New Appointments... M. R. Lee, M.A. (Oxon)..to investigate the control of the generation of vasoactive polypeptides in the blood, at the..Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. 1970Nature 28 Feb. 864/2 If the liver is normally the main site for inactivating this vasoactive intestinal peptide, its failure of destruction when liver function is seriously impaired..could account for..peripheral vasodilatation. 1972[see VIP s.v. V 5 b]. 1976Nature 22 Jan. 224/1 Release..of vasoactive lymphokines, such as prostaglandins,..might not necessarily leave a morphological trace.
Hence vasoacˈtivity, vasoactive power.
1968Experientia XXIV. 1126/1 These results have been interpreted as evidence that plasma has..intrinsic vasoactivity. 1982Amer. Jrnl. Path. CVII. 289/2 When such lesions were induced in sheep and the lymph plasma draining the stimulated nodes was assayed for vasoactivity, a hyperemia-inducing activity was indeed found to be present. |