Calcium-complexing versus vasorelaxant effect of acetate, lactate, and other bases.

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 30, 184-8
Abstract
The calcium-complexing abilities of acetate, bicarbonate, lactate, succinate, and citrate were quantified, and were found to differ substantially. Acetate was a more potent vasodilator than lactate, and the vasorelaxant potencies of acetate and lactate failed to correlate with their calcium-complexing ability. The vasodilator action of acetate was not abolished after correction for complexing of ionized calcium. Strips constricted with vasopressin were especially sensitive to the vasodilator effects of acetate.

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