Contractile response induced by a limonoid (Humilinolide A) on spontaneous activity of isolated smooth muscle

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 354-357

  Perusquía, Mercedes ^a   Hernández, Ricardo ^a   Jiménez, María Adelina ^a   Pereda Miranda, Rogelio ^a   Mata, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Guinea pig ileum; Humilinolide A; Limonoids; Rat uterus; Smooth muscle; Spasmogenic activity; Swietenia humilis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; HUMILINOLIDE A; LIMONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; SWIETENIA HUMILIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; ILEUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030843290     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199708)11:5<354::AID-PTR101>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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