“…In certain heart muscles, inhibitions of Na, K-ATPase is thought to be main cause regarding positive inotropic effects of venadate (Hackbarth et al, 1978;Grupp et al, 1979;Bochard et al, 1979;Myers & Boerth, 1980) similar to the action of ouabain, while, in other heart muscles, vanadate shows a negative inotropic effect (Akeraet al, 1979;Grupp et al, 1979;Solaro et al, 1980). Vanadate has also an inhibitory action on CaATPase activity and Ca transport of sarcolmma and sarcoplasmic reticulum of heart muscle (Wang et al, 1979;Solaro et al, 1980;Wierichs et al, 1980;Caroni & Carafori, 1981a;Caroni & Carafori, 1981b;Morcos, 1982) and sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle (O'Neal et al, 1979;Wang et al, 1979). The effects on Ca-ATPase may also provide changes in the contraction of these muscles.…”