Alkaloids from Brugmansia arborea (L.) Lagerhein reduce morphine withdrawal in vitro

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 826-829

  Capasso, Anna ^a   De Feo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brugmansia arborea; Drug abuse; Morphine withdrawal; Solanaceae; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ATROPINE; BRUGMANSIA ARBOREA EXTRACT; MORPHINE; NORHYOSCINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGMANSIA ARBOREA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERU; PLANT LEAF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; FLOWERS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NALOXONE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLANACEAE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

BRUGMANSIA; DATURA ARBOREA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0012210118     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1218     Document Type: Article

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