Biological and chemical study of paico (Chenopodium chilense, Chenopodiaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Garcia R ^a   Lemus, I ^a   Rivera, P ^a   Erazo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chenopodium chilense; Toxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

PAICO; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; ILEUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SHRIMP; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHENOPODIACEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ILEUM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS;

EID: 0030763656     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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