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Effect of procainamide on platelet adhesion in rats

You-shu Yang, Yao-xin Yang, Fen-bao Ma, Chun-wen Shan

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Effect of procainamide on platelet adhesion in rats was studied with the improved rotating glass sphere method. Procainamide of 136.0, 34.0, 8.5 mumol.L-1 in vitro and 10 mg.kg-1 in vivo inhibited significantly the platelet adhesion with the inhibitory rates of 56%, 28%, 8%, and 24%, respectively. It showed that procainamide given in vitro or in vivo produced an inhibition on platelet adhesion
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