Mechanisms involved in the contractile responses induced by the hydroalcoholic extract of Phyllanthus urinaria on the guinea pig isolated trachea: Evidence for participation of tachykinins and influx of extracellular Ca2+ sensitive to ruthenium red

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 795-802

  Paulino, Niraldo ^a   Cechinel Filho, Valdir ^a   Pizzolatti, Moacir G ^a   Yunes, Rosendo A ^a   Calixto, João B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Capsaicin; Capsazepine; Contraction; Extract; Guinea pig trachea; Phyllanthus urinaria; Ruthenium red; Tachykinins; Vanilloid receptor

Indexed keywords

3 [1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 FLUORO 3 METHYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ALCOHOL; APAFANT; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; INDOMETACIN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEPYRAMINE; N BENZYL N2 [4 HYDROXY 1 [(1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)CARBONYL]PROLYL] N METHYL 3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINAMIDE; NICARDIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTHENIUM RED; SAREDUTANT; STAUROSPORINE; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERLUKAST; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA;

EID: 0030199224     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02106-X     Document Type: Article

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