Characterization of an extract from the leaves of Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl. on the spontaneous tone of isolated trachea

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 496-499

  Thomas, George ^b   Burns, Fiona ^a,c   Pyne, Susan ^a   Pyne, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; cGMP; Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl.; Phosphodiesterases; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARLFTEINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030731362     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199711)11:7<496::AID-PTR137>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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