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Quercetin enhances water transport in toad bladder

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A highly significant enhancement of the hydrosomotic actions both of vasopressin and of exogenous cAMP was seen in the presence of quercetin. The hypothesis is advanced that quercetin affects the intracellular coupling between Ca++ and cAMP.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

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This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, grant No. 3.043-0.76.

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Grosso, A., de Sousa, R.C. Quercetin enhances water transport in toad bladder. Experientia 37, 742–744 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967956

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