Effect of aqueous extract of Commiphora opobalsamum on blood pressure and heart rate in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-222

  Abdul Ghani, A S ^a   Amin, R ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Atropine; Blood pressure; Cholinergic receptors; Commiphora opobalsamum; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; COMMIPHORA OPOBALSAMUM EXTRACT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; WATER;

EID: 0030765149     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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